diff --git a/libraries-3/pom.xml b/libraries-3/pom.xml
index d345ff8f19..b20ae73de4 100644
--- a/libraries-3/pom.xml
+++ b/libraries-3/pom.xml
@@ -78,6 +78,28 @@
             <artifactId>takes</artifactId>
             <version>1.19</version>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.velocity</groupId>
+            <artifactId>velocity-engine-core</artifactId>
+            <version>2.0</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.zaxxer</groupId>
+            <artifactId>HikariCP</artifactId>
+            </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.h2database</groupId>
+            <artifactId>h2</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+		    <groupId>javax.json</groupId>
+		    <artifactId>javax.json-api</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.glassfish</groupId>
+		    <artifactId>javax.json</artifactId>
+		    <version>1.1</version>
+        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <repositories>
@@ -87,10 +109,29 @@
         </repository>
     </repositories>
     
+    <build>
+        <resources>
+            <resource>
+                <directory>src/main/webapp</directory>
+                <filtering>true</filtering>
+            </resource>
+            <resource>
+                <directory>src/main/resources</directory>
+                <filtering>true</filtering>
+            </resource>
+        </resources>
+    </build>
+    
     <profiles>
         <profile>
             <id>hit-refresh</id>
             <build>
+	            <resources>
+	                <resource>
+	                    <directory>src/main/resources</directory>
+	                    <filtering>true</filtering>
+	                </resource>
+	            </resources>
 		        <plugins>
 		            <plugin>
 		                <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
diff --git a/libraries-3/src/main/java/com/baeldung/takes/TakesApp.java b/libraries-3/src/main/java/com/baeldung/takes/TakesApp.java
index f1a7149349..cba715846f 100644
--- a/libraries-3/src/main/java/com/baeldung/takes/TakesApp.java
+++ b/libraries-3/src/main/java/com/baeldung/takes/TakesApp.java
@@ -1,26 +1,103 @@
 package com.baeldung.takes;
 
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.sql.Connection;
+import java.sql.SQLException;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collection;
+
+import org.takes.Request;
+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.Fork;
+import org.takes.facets.fork.TkFork;
 import org.takes.http.Exit;
 import org.takes.http.FtBasic;
-import org.takes.http.FtCli;
-import org.takes.tk.TkClasspath;
-import org.takes.tk.TkWrap;
-import org.takes.Take;
-import org.takes.facets.fork.FkRegex;
-import org.takes.facets.fork.TkFork;
+import org.takes.misc.Opt;
+import org.takes.rq.RqHref;
+import org.takes.rs.RsText;
+import org.takes.rs.RsWithBody;
+import org.takes.rs.RsWithStatus;
+import org.takes.rs.RsWithType;
+import org.takes.tk.TkSlf4j;
+
+import com.zaxxer.hikari.HikariConfig;
+import com.zaxxer.hikari.HikariDataSource;
 
 public final class TakesApp {
 
+    //    public static void main(final String... args) throws Exception {
+    //        new FtBasic(new TkFork(
+    //            new FkRegex("/", "Hello, World!"),
+    //            new FkRegex("/index", new TakesIndex()),
+    //            new FkRegex("/contact", new TakesContact())
+    //            ),6060).start(Exit.NEVER);
+    //    }
+
+    public static void main(final String... args) throws IOException, SQLException {
+        new FtBasic(
+            new TkFallback(
+                new TkSlf4j(
+                    new TkFork(
+                        new FkRegex("/", "Hello, World!"),
+                        new FkRegex("/index", new TakesIndex()),
+                        new FkRegex("/contact", new TakesContact()),
+                        new FkRegex("\\A/createUser", new TakesCreateUser(TakesApp.dbConnection())),
+                        new FkRegex("\\A/readUser", new TakesReadUser(TakesApp.dbConnection()))
+                        )
+                    ),
+                new FbChain(
+                    new FbStatus(404, new RsText("sorry, page is absent")),
+                    new FbStatus(405, new RsText("this method is not allowed here")),
+                    new Fallback() {
+                        @Override
+                        public Opt<Response> route(final RqFallback req) {
+                            return new Opt.Single<Response>(
+                                new RsText(req.throwable().getMessage())
+                                );
+                        }
+                    })
+                ),
+            6060
+            ).start(Exit.NEVER);
+    }
 
 
-//    public static void main(final String... args) throws Exception {
-//        new FtBasic(new TkFork(new FkRegex("/", "hello, world... this is coming from Takes!")), 6060).start(Exit.NEVER);
-//    }
+    //    public static void main(final String... args) throws IOException {
+    //
+    //        new FtBasic( 
+    //            new TkFork(
+    //                new Fork() {
+    //                    @Override
+    //                    public Opt<Response> route(Request req) throws Exception {
+    //                        if (new RqHref.Base(req).href().path().equals("/entry")) {
+    //                            return new Opt.Single<Response>(new RsWithStatus(new RsWithType(new RsWithBody("hello this is for request"), "text/html"), 200));
+    //                        } else {
+    //                            return new Opt.Single<Response>(null);
+    //                        }
+    //                    }
+    //                }
+    //                ),6060).start(Exit.NEVER);
+    //
+    //
+    //    }
 
-        public static void main(final String... args) throws Exception {
-            new FtBasic(new TakesIndex(), 6060).start(Exit.NEVER);
-        }
+    private static Connection dbConnection() throws SQLException {
+        HikariConfig config = new HikariConfig();
 
+        config.setJdbcUrl("jdbc:h2:mem:devDB;DB_CLOSE_DELAY=-1;INIT=runscript from 'classpath:/db.sql'");
+        config.setUsername("sa");
+        config.setPassword("");
 
+        @SuppressWarnings("resource")
+        HikariDataSource ds = new HikariDataSource(config);
+
+        return ds.getConnection();
+    }
 
 }
\ No newline at end of file
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..90789c54a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libraries-3/src/main/java/com/baeldung/takes/TakesContact.java
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+package com.baeldung.takes;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.sql.SQLException;
+
+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, SQLException {
+        return new RsWithStatus(new RsWithType(new RsWithBody("<html>"
+            + "<head>"
+            + "<title>Takes Application - Contact</title></head>"
+            + "<body style='color:green'>"
+            + "Contact us at @baeldung.com"
+            + "</body></html>"), "text/html"), 200);
+    }
+
+
+}
diff --git a/libraries-3/src/main/java/com/baeldung/takes/TakesCreateUser.java b/libraries-3/src/main/java/com/baeldung/takes/TakesCreateUser.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..07b9d803db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libraries-3/src/main/java/com/baeldung/takes/TakesCreateUser.java
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+package com.baeldung.takes;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.net.URI;
+import java.sql.Connection;
+import java.sql.PreparedStatement;
+import java.sql.SQLException;
+
+import org.takes.Request;
+import org.takes.Response;
+import org.takes.Take;
+import org.takes.misc.Href;
+import org.takes.rq.RqForm;
+import org.takes.rq.RqHref;
+import org.takes.rq.form.RqFormSmart;
+import org.takes.rs.RsHtml;
+import org.takes.rs.RsVelocity;
+
+public final class TakesCreateUser implements Take {
+    
+    public static Connection con;
+    
+    TakesCreateUser(Connection connection) {
+        con = connection;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Response act(final Request req) throws IOException, SQLException {
+        
+        RqForm form = new RqFormSmart(req);
+        Iterable<String> idParam = form.param("id");
+        Iterable<String> userParam = form.param("user");
+        
+        int id = Integer.parseInt(idParam.iterator().next());
+        String user = userParam.iterator().next();
+        
+        final String INSERT_SQL_QUERY = "insert into take_user values ("+id+", "+"'"+user+"')";
+
+        try (PreparedStatement pst = con.prepareStatement(INSERT_SQL_QUERY)) {
+            System.out.println(pst.executeUpdate());
+
+        } catch (SQLException e) {
+            e.printStackTrace();
+        }
+
+        return new RsHtml(new RsVelocity(this.getClass().getResource("/templates/index.vm") ,new RsVelocity.Pair("userName", "Anshul")));
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/libraries-3/src/main/java/com/baeldung/takes/TakesIndex.java b/libraries-3/src/main/java/com/baeldung/takes/TakesIndex.java
index 646b886abb..67487bf200 100644
--- a/libraries-3/src/main/java/com/baeldung/takes/TakesIndex.java
+++ b/libraries-3/src/main/java/com/baeldung/takes/TakesIndex.java
@@ -1,25 +1,20 @@
 package com.baeldung.takes;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.sql.SQLException;
 
 import org.takes.Request;
 import org.takes.Response;
 import org.takes.Take;
+import org.takes.rs.RsHtml;
 import org.takes.rs.RsVelocity;
-import org.takes.rs.RsWithBody;
-import org.takes.rs.RsWithStatus;
-import org.takes.rs.RsWithType;
 
 public final class TakesIndex implements Take {
-
-//    @Override
-//    public Response act(Request req) throws IOException {
-//        return new RsWithStatus(new RsWithType(new RsWithBody("<html>Hello, world!</html>"), "text/html"), 200);
-//    }
     
     @Override
-    public Response act(Request req) {
-      return new RsVelocity("Hello, ${name}", new RsVelocity.Pair("name", "Jeffrey"));
+    public Response act(final Request req) throws IOException, SQLException {
+
+        return new RsHtml(new RsVelocity(this.getClass().getResource("/templates/index.vm") ,new RsVelocity.Pair("userName", "Anshul")));
     }
-    
+
 }
diff --git a/libraries-3/src/main/java/com/baeldung/takes/TakesReadUser.java b/libraries-3/src/main/java/com/baeldung/takes/TakesReadUser.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3d0b85fef3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libraries-3/src/main/java/com/baeldung/takes/TakesReadUser.java
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+package com.baeldung.takes;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.sql.Connection;
+import java.sql.PreparedStatement;
+import java.sql.ResultSet;
+import java.sql.SQLException;
+
+import javax.json.Json;
+import javax.json.JsonStructure;
+
+import org.takes.Request;
+import org.takes.Response;
+import org.takes.Take;
+import org.takes.misc.Href;
+import org.takes.misc.VerboseIterable;
+import org.takes.rq.RqHref;
+import org.takes.rs.RsJson;
+
+
+public final class TakesReadUser implements Take {
+    
+    public static Connection con;
+    
+    TakesReadUser(Connection connection) {
+        con = connection;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Response act(final Request req) throws IOException, SQLException {
+        Href href = new RqHref.Base(req).href();
+        Iterable<String> ids = href.param("id");
+        int id = Integer.parseInt((String) ids.iterator().next());
+
+        final String SELECT_SQL_QUERY = "select id, user from take_user where id = " + id;
+        JsonStructure json = null;
+        try (PreparedStatement pst = con.prepareStatement(SELECT_SQL_QUERY); ResultSet rs = pst.executeQuery();) {
+            while (rs.next()) {
+                json = Json.createObjectBuilder()
+                    .add("id", rs.getInt("id"))
+                    .add("user", rs.getString("user"))
+                    .build();
+            }
+        } catch (SQLException e) {
+            e.printStackTrace();
+        }
+        
+        return new RsJson(json);        
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/libraries-3/src/main/java/com/baeldung/takes/TakesServletApp.java b/libraries-3/src/main/java/com/baeldung/takes/TakesServletApp.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 93951130f7..0000000000
--- a/libraries-3/src/main/java/com/baeldung/takes/TakesServletApp.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-package com.baeldung.takes;
-
-import javax.servlet.ServletContext;
-
-import org.takes.Request;
-import org.takes.Response;
-import org.takes.Take;
-import org.takes.rs.RsText;
-
-public final class TakesServletApp implements Take {
-    
-    private final ServletContext ctx;
-
-    public TakesServletApp(final ServletContext context) {
-        this.ctx = context;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public Response act(final Request req) {
-        return new RsText("Hello servlet!");
-    }
-}
-
diff --git a/libraries-3/src/main/resources/db.sql b/libraries-3/src/main/resources/db.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3b73446537
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libraries-3/src/main/resources/db.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+drop table if exists take_user;
+
+create table take_user(
+  id numeric,
+  user  varchar(255),
+  constraint pk_take_user primary key (id)
+);
\ No newline at end of file
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..1eaf8fa53b
--- /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>