I work for UltraCart.com. We've always been quiet participants in the velocity community, mostly because it works so well. We use it to allow our merchants to create custom shopping cart experiences. We have thousands of our customers running their business on velocity powered web sites.
Velocity is a key technology for our company. -Perry Sent from my iPhone On Jan 25, 2012, at 7:36 AM, "Teemu Kanstrén" <tkanst...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have used and keep using Velocity to script web apps, test scripts, > reports, etc. > > I like the way Velocity addresses the problems it is targeting. It has > years of development, testing, use and bug fixing. The fact that it does > not aim to add unnecessary bloat is a plus to me. > > Sometimes I wish it would let me put in a bit more code in the template. > After looking at it a while I realise I am much better of not being able to > do it. > > But as someone said, evaluate your needs and what it provides. The > community is there I believe.. > > 2012/1/24 Ludwig Magnusson <lud...@itcatapult.com> > >> I have never used jsp so I can't compare, but let me just tell you that I >> love velocity. Earlier on I had don a lot of php and velocity is just so >> much better. The best thing about it i think, is that the code you write >> looks like HTML (if that's what you are doing). The velocity variables are >> inserted seamlessly. >> >> I am a java programmer but I can also testify that the designers in our >> team who works mostly with HTML and css also loves velocity. >> >> Thanks velocity team for velocity =) >> >> /Ludwig >> >> -----Ursprungligt meddelande----- From: Barbara Baughman >> Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2012 7:31 PM >> To: user@velocity.apache.org >> >> Subject: Re: Velocity template Evaluation >> >> I certainly hope it never dies. The application is limited in scope: to >> interpret templates. It does this magnificently well and very simply. >> It is fast and elegant. I think development has greatly slowed because >> it's basically a complete product that only needs to be tweaked every >> once in a while. >> >> I have developed presentations on the web in JSP and using Velocity, and >> the difference is day and night. I hate JSP. I would rather my >> business logic and tools be somewhere besides mixed with presentation >> logic. Any logic or tool or reference is passed to the template for >> interpretation. The logic within the template is kept very simple. >> >> With Velocity, the separation of presentation and business logic is >> clear. It doesn't blow up with unexpected "EXCEPTION" pages. If you >> don't put the templates in the .war file, you can make instant changes >> to the presentation without a deploy. You can clearly make changes to >> presentation without worrying that perhaps the program logic may have >> also been changed. There is a lot less worry and testing if a Velocity >> template is changed. >> >> It is also great for sending emails. >> >> The work of maintaining JSP's and Tiles is a pain in the neck. Velocity >> is so straightforward! >> >> Barbara Baughman >> Systems Analyst >> Information Security >> 972-883-2157 >> >> >> On 1/24/12 11:40 AM, abc12345 wrote: >> >>> I'm a developer and trying to evaluate Velocity as an alternative to JSP, >>> When I go to the Apache Velocity Site I don't see much activity on this >>> Project other than a few bug fixes, there are no dates for the next >>> Release >>> etc. >>> Can someone tell me if this is a dead project. >>> >>> Thanks >>> >> >> ------------------------------**------------------------------**--------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: >> user-unsubscribe@velocity.**apache.org<user-unsubscr...@velocity.apache.org> >> For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@velocity.apache.org >> >> ------------------------------**------------------------------**--------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: >> user-unsubscribe@velocity.**apache.org<user-unsubscr...@velocity.apache.org> >> For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@velocity.apache.org >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@velocity.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@velocity.apache.org
