Choosing the Best Templating Engine for Your Java Project: FreeMarker, Thymeleaf, or Velocity?

Comparing FreeMarker, Thymeleaf, and Velocity

Introduction to Templating Engines

Templating engines are powerful tools that allow developers to separate the presentation logic from the business logic in web applications. They provide a way to define dynamic templates that can be rendered with data to produce HTML output.

Framework	Language	Popularity	Features
FreeMarker	Java	Popular	Robust, flexible, and widely used in Java projects.
Thymeleaf	Java	Very popular	Seamless integration with Spring, excellent support for HTML5, and natural templates.
Velocity	Java	Less popular	Lightweight, simple, and easy to learn.

Code Examples

FreeMarker Table Example:


<table>
  <tr>
    <th>Name</th>
    <th>Age</th>
  </tr>
  <#list users as user>
    <tr>
      <td>${user.name}</td>
      <td>${user.age}</td>
    </tr>
  </#list>
</table>

Thymeleaf Table Example:


<table>
  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th>Name</th>
      <th>Age</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
    <tr th:each="user : ${users}">
      <td th:text="${user.name}"></td>
      <td th:text="${user.age}"></td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

Velocity Table Example:


<table>
  <tr>
    <th>Name</th>
    <th>Age</th>
  </tr>
  #foreach($user in $users)
    <tr>
      <td>$user.name</td>
      <td>$user.age</td>
    </tr>
  #end
</table>

Comments

a simple example for jdbc PreparedStatement

a simple example for PreparedStatement package basics.in.java.blogspot.in; import java.sql.Connection; import java.sql.DriverManager; import java.sql.PreparedStatement; import java.sql.ResultSet; import java.sql.SQLException; import java.sql.Statement; public class Main { private static final String USERNAME="root"; private static final String PASSWORD=""; private static final String CONN_STRING="jdbc:mysql://localhost/basicsinjavablogspot"; public static void main(String[] args) throws ClassNotFoundException, SQLException { Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver"); Connection conn=null; Statement stmt=null; ResultSet rs=null; try { conn= DriverManager.getConnection(CONN_STRING, USERNAME, PASSWORD); System.out.println("database connection successful"); //stmt=conn.createStatement(ResultSet.TYPE_SCROLL_SENSITIVE, ResultSet.CONCUR_READ_ONLY); String sql="select * fr...

spring boot CORS filter along with spring security and OAuth2 (@EnableOAuth2Sso)

spring boot CORS filter along with spring security and OAuth2 (@EnableOAuth2Sso) import org.springframework.stereotype.Component; import javax.servlet.*; import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest; import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse; import java.io.IOException;

How to use SQL Exception Methods in java

The following code shows the use of some sqlexception method package basics.in.java.blogspot.in; import java.sql.Connection; import java.sql.DriverManager; import java.sql.ResultSet; import java.sql.SQLException; import java.sql.Statement; public class Main { private static final String USERNAME="root"; private static final String PASSWORD=""; private static final String CONN_STRING="jdbc:mysql://localhost/basicsinjavablogspot"; public static void main(String[] args) throws ClassNotFoundException, SQLException { Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver"); Connection conn=null; Statement stmt=null; ResultSet rs=null; try { conn= DriverManager.getConnection(CONN_STRING, USERNAME, PASSWORD); System.out.println("database connection successful"); stmt=conn.createStatement(ResultSet.TYPE_SCROLL_SENSITIVE, ResultSet.CONCUR_READ_ONLY); rs=stmt.executeQuery("select stateId,...

Basics In Java

Search This Blog