Velocity: http://velocity.apache.org/
And FreeMaker: http://freemarker.sourceforge.net/ Are two popular ones for Java. Both have extensive documentation. ~Michael On May 14, 2011, at 8:01 PM, Lennard de Rijk wrote: > On Sat, May 14, 2011 at 17:45, Michael MacFadden < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> I have heard many comments from new developers on wave who were trying to >> modify or add these kinds of pages struggling with figuring out how to use >> GXP. I guess this is in part due to the lack of documentation. Is GXP >> widely used outside of Google? I had not heard of it until I got involved >> with WiaB. >> >> > Afaik not. Django is very popular but requires Python based projects :). I'm > not sure what is often used for Java. > > Greetings, > Lennard > > >> ~Michael >> >> On May 14, 2011, at 4:31 PM, James Purser wrote: >> >>> I can +1 the bit about poor documentation >>> >>> On Sat, May 14, 2011 at 2:54 AM, Yuri Z <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> I think that the main advantage is that GXP verifies the HTML so it >> ensures >>>> that if gxp templates compiles then the HTML is valid. Also it is more >>>> secure. >>>> The greatest issue with GXP is very poor documentation. >>>> 2011/5/13 Michael MacFadden <[email protected]> >>>> >>>>> All, >>>>> >>>>> I am not advocating a change at all, just looking for some info... >>>>> >>>>> I noticed that we use the Google XML Pages (GXP) technology for some of >>>> the >>>>> UI in WiaB. I understand why you would want to use a template based >>>>> solution rather than raw servlest writing HTML. I also know what the >>>>> benefits are over traditional JSP pages. >>>>> >>>>> However, what are the advantages of GXP over something like Apache >>>>> Velocity? Just looking to understand. Thanks. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> ~Michael >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> James Purser >>> Collaborynth >>> http://collaborynth.com.au >>> Mob: +61 406 576 553 >>> Wave: [email protected] >> >>
