Re: HTML table API

Sorry, I didn't mean to reply about Velocity off-list (darn those  
lists that said Reply-To sender)...

The primary differences between Velocity and JSP is that Velocity is  
not tied to a servlet container and templates don't have to be built  
into a WAR structure.  Velocity is a standalone templating library, so  
you can use it in any Java app, to say, template e-mails*.

	Erik

* http://today.java.net/pub/a/today/2003/12/16/velocity.html

On Mar 20, 2009, at 1:20 PM, Richard O. Hammer wrote:

> One respondent suggested Velocity (see below).
>
> From the example given it looks to me like Velocity is used much the  
> same way as JSP is used.  I am already familiar with JSP.  Is  
> Velocity better than JSP for some reason?
>
> Thanks,
> Rich Hammer
>
> One (who responded to only me and who may prefer anonymity) wrote:
>> How about Velocity?
>> <table>
>> #foreach($obj in $objects)
>>  <tr>
>>    <td>$obj.property</td>
>>  </tr>
>> #end
>> </table>
>> I much prefer a templating approach to HTML generation than a  
>> programmatic one.  Seeing out.writeln('<div>') in JavaScript smells  
>> bad to me, for example - same would go for Java.