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 Cask is a simple Scala web framework inspired by Python's
 [Flask](http://flask.pocoo.org/docs/1.0/) project. It aims to bring simplicity,
 flexibility and ease-of-use to Scala webservers, avoiding cryptic DSLs or
-complicated asynchrony.
+complicated asynchrony. Cask makes it easy to set up a website, backend server, 
+or REST API using Scala
 
 - [Documentation](https://com-lihaoyi.github.io/cask/)