Mastering Apache Velocity

A comprehensive tutorial on how to use the power of Velocity 1.3 tobuild Web sites and generate content Designed to work hand-in-hand with Apache Turbine, Struts, andservlets, Velocity is a powerful template language that greatlyenhances the developer's ability to customize Web sites. Itseparates Java code from the Web pages, making a site moremaintainable. Because of this, it is a viable alternative to JSPsand PHP and is expected to become the standard template engine. Inaddition to its use with Struts and Turbine, Velocity can also beused to generate Java and XML source code, XML schemas, HTMLtemplates, and SQL code. Even with all its promise, finding expert instructions on how toproperly program with this language has been difficult. Thiscode-intensive tutorial gives you all the tools you'll need. It begins by quickly bringing you up to speed on all of theVelocity fundamentals and the Velocity Template Language. You'llthen learn how to apply Velocity in a variety of areas with thehelp of richly detailed code examples. Additionally, you'll betaken through the steps of building a complete application in orderto see how you can utilize all of the techniques and technologiesdiscussed in the book. Covering the latest features of Velocity1.3, Mastering Apache Velocity shows you how to: * Build Java-based Web sites with Struts, servlets, Turbine, andother open-source tools * Generate a wide variety of Web content and code, including Java,XML, SQL, and Postgres