diff --git a/libraries-3/pom.xml b/libraries-3/pom.xml
index 4bb1a4fba1..a438d423e2 100644
--- a/libraries-3/pom.xml
+++ b/libraries-3/pom.xml
@@ -83,7 +83,6 @@
             <artifactId>moshi-adapters</artifactId>
             <version>${moshi.version}</version>
         </dependency>
-        
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.jcabi</groupId>
             <artifactId>jcabi-aspects</artifactId>
@@ -95,6 +94,16 @@
             <version>${aspectjrt.version}</version>
             <scope>runtime</scope>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.takes</groupId>
+            <artifactId>takes</artifactId>
+            <version>${takes.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.velocity</groupId>
+            <artifactId>velocity-engine-core</artifactId>
+            <version>${velocity-engine-core.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <repositories>
@@ -132,8 +141,55 @@
                 </dependencies>
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
+        <resources>
+            <resource>
+                <directory>src/main/webapp</directory>
+                <filtering>true</filtering>
+            </resource>
+        </resources>
     </build>
-
+    
+    <profiles>
+        <profile>
+            <id>reload</id>
+            <build>
+                <resources>
+                    <resource>
+                        <directory>src/main/resources</directory>
+                        <filtering>true</filtering>
+                    </resource>
+                    <resource>
+                        <directory>src/main/webapp</directory>
+                        <filtering>true</filtering>
+                    </resource>
+                </resources>
+                <plugins>
+                    <plugin>
+                        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <version>${exec-maven-plugin.version}</version>
+                        <executions>
+                            <execution>
+                                <id>start-server</id>
+                                <phase>pre-integration-test</phase>
+                                <goals>
+                                    <goal>java</goal>
+                                </goals>
+                            </execution>
+                        </executions>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <mainClass>com.baeldung.takes.TakesApp</mainClass>
+                            <cleanupDaemonThreads>false</cleanupDaemonThreads>
+                            <arguments>
+                                <argument>--port=${port}</argument>
+                            </arguments>
+                        </configuration>
+                    </plugin>
+                </plugins>
+            </build>
+        </profile>
+    </profiles>
+    
     <properties>
         <jcommander.version>1.78</jcommander.version>
         <lombok.version>1.18.6</lombok.version>
@@ -151,5 +207,9 @@
         <jcabi-maven-plugin.version>0.14.1</jcabi-maven-plugin.version>
         <aspectjtools.version>1.9.2</aspectjtools.version>
         <aspectjweaver.version>1.9.2</aspectjweaver.version>
+        
+        <takes.version>1.19</takes.version>
+        <velocity-engine-core.version>2.2</velocity-engine-core.version>
+        <exec-maven-plugin.version>1.6.0</exec-maven-plugin.version>
     </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/libraries-3/src/main/java/com/baeldung/takes/TakesApp.java b/libraries-3/src/main/java/com/baeldung/takes/TakesApp.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3c1407c291
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libraries-3/src/main/java/com/baeldung/takes/TakesApp.java
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+package com.baeldung.takes;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.sql.SQLException;
+
+import org.takes.Response;
+import org.takes.facets.fallback.Fallback;
+import org.takes.facets.fallback.FbChain;
+import org.takes.facets.fallback.FbStatus;
+import org.takes.facets.fallback.RqFallback;
+import org.takes.facets.fallback.TkFallback;
+import org.takes.facets.fork.FkRegex;
+import org.takes.facets.fork.TkFork;
+import org.takes.http.Exit;
+import org.takes.http.FtBasic;
+import org.takes.misc.Opt;
+import org.takes.rs.RsText;
+
+public final class TakesApp {
+
+    public static void main(final String... args) throws IOException, SQLException {
+        new FtBasic(
+            new TkFallback(
+                new TkFork(
+                    new FkRegex("/", new TakesHelloWorld()),
+                    new FkRegex("/index", new TakesIndex()),
+                    new FkRegex("/contact", new TakesContact())
+                    ),
+                new FbChain(
+                    new FbStatus(404, new RsText("Page Not Found")),
+                    new FbStatus(405, new RsText("Method Not Allowed")),
+                    new Fallback() {
+                        @Override
+                        public Opt<Response> route(final RqFallback req) {
+                            return new Opt.Single<Response>(new RsText(req.throwable().getMessage()));
+                        }
+                    })
+                ), 6060
+            ).start(Exit.NEVER);
+    }
+
+}
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diff --git a/libraries-3/src/main/java/com/baeldung/takes/TakesContact.java b/libraries-3/src/main/java/com/baeldung/takes/TakesContact.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e083bc3dc6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libraries-3/src/main/java/com/baeldung/takes/TakesContact.java
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+package com.baeldung.takes;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import org.takes.Request;
+import org.takes.Response;
+import org.takes.Take;
+import org.takes.rs.RsWithBody;
+import org.takes.rs.RsWithStatus;
+import org.takes.rs.RsWithType;
+
+public final class TakesContact implements Take {
+
+    @Override
+    public Response act(Request req) throws IOException {
+        return new RsWithStatus(
+            new RsWithType(
+                new RsWithBody("Contact us at https://www.baeldung.com"), 
+                "text/html"), 200);
+    } 
+
+}
diff --git a/libraries-3/src/main/java/com/baeldung/takes/TakesHelloWorld.java b/libraries-3/src/main/java/com/baeldung/takes/TakesHelloWorld.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9d1346d3c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libraries-3/src/main/java/com/baeldung/takes/TakesHelloWorld.java
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+package com.baeldung.takes;
+
+import org.takes.Request;
+import org.takes.Response;
+import org.takes.Take;
+import org.takes.rs.RsText;
+
+public class TakesHelloWorld implements Take {
+    
+    @Override
+    public Response act(final Request request) {
+        return new RsText("Hello, world!");
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/libraries-3/src/main/java/com/baeldung/takes/TakesIndex.java b/libraries-3/src/main/java/com/baeldung/takes/TakesIndex.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3f74ba9c67
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libraries-3/src/main/java/com/baeldung/takes/TakesIndex.java
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+package com.baeldung.takes;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import org.takes.Request;
+import org.takes.Response;
+import org.takes.Take;
+import org.takes.rq.form.RqFormSmart;
+import org.takes.rs.RsHtml;
+import org.takes.rs.RsVelocity;
+
+public final class TakesIndex implements Take {
+
+    @Override
+    public Response act(final Request req) throws IOException {
+        RqFormSmart form = new RqFormSmart(req);
+        String username = form.single("username");
+        return new RsHtml(
+            new RsVelocity(this.getClass().getResource("/templates/index.vm"), 
+                new RsVelocity.Pair("username", username))
+            );
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/libraries-3/src/main/webapp/templates/index.vm b/libraries-3/src/main/webapp/templates/index.vm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5a97f654ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libraries-3/src/main/webapp/templates/index.vm
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+<html>
+<head>
+<title>Index</title>
+</head>
+<body>
+<h1>Takes Web Application</h1>
+<h2>Welcome, ${username}</h2>
+</body>
+</html>
diff --git a/libraries-3/src/test/java/com/baeldung/takes/TakesAppIntegrationTest.java b/libraries-3/src/test/java/com/baeldung/takes/TakesAppIntegrationTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8b869d0742
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libraries-3/src/test/java/com/baeldung/takes/TakesAppIntegrationTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+package com.baeldung.takes;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.net.URI;
+
+import org.apache.http.HttpEntity;
+import org.apache.http.HttpResponse;
+import org.apache.http.client.HttpClient;
+import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpGet;
+import org.apache.http.impl.client.HttpClientBuilder;
+import org.apache.http.util.EntityUtils;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.takes.http.FtRemote;
+
+public class TakesAppIntegrationTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenTake_whenRunRemoteServer_thenRespond() throws Exception {
+        new FtRemote(new TakesContact()).exec(
+            new FtRemote.Script() {
+                @Override
+                public void exec(final URI home) throws IOException {
+                    HttpClient client = HttpClientBuilder.create().build();    
+                    HttpResponse response = client.execute(new HttpGet(home));
+                    int statusCode = response.getStatusLine().getStatusCode();
+                    HttpEntity entity = response.getEntity();
+                    String result = EntityUtils.toString(entity);
+                    
+                    assertEquals(200, statusCode);
+                    assertEquals("Contact us at https://www.baeldung.com", result);
+                }
+            });
+    }
+}
diff --git a/libraries-3/src/test/java/com/baeldung/takes/TakesContactUnitTest.java b/libraries-3/src/test/java/com/baeldung/takes/TakesContactUnitTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5f8b7c57fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libraries-3/src/test/java/com/baeldung/takes/TakesContactUnitTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+package com.baeldung.takes;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.takes.rq.RqFake;
+import org.takes.rs.RsPrint;
+
+public class TakesContactUnitTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenTake_whenInvokeActMethod_thenRespond() throws Exception {
+        final String resp = new RsPrint(new TakesContact().act(new RqFake())).printBody();
+        assertEquals("Contact us at https://www.baeldung.com", resp);
+    }
+
+}