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
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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>> 
>> 

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