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> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2001 20:57
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> ...
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> Nothing wrong - yet another fine language, and a very nice
> implementation.
> And nothing good either - or I coulnd't find anything revolutionary
> compared with other programming languages or other fine template-like
> systems.
Not revolucionary at all. The Velocity team publicly recognizes the
inspiration from WebMacro.
But the implementation makes a difference. I find Velocity much easier to
control and mold into my own needs. (Clearer source code sure helps there.)
And I am not saying it is perfect.
> Arguing what is the best programming language or if interpreted is better
> than compiled is mostly a waste of time. Some people will prefer to learn
> VTL, other will prefer to use Java, other will like the XML-like syntax.
Sure. And compiled is still an open option for Velocity.
> I think code generation is a good thing, ...
Sure, some template use problems could be easier to debug if there is some
intermediate source code and a good debugger.
> ... and I prefer using Jsp with Java
> for quick prototypes and taglibs when possible.
In my case, using JSP + taglibs in JServ (I still do not have a Tomcat
production server here) is more trouble than using Velocity.
On the other hand, I have a lot of exports to HTML - generation of static
HTML from data in a database - and Velocity gives me a big help on that,
while JSPs....
And then, I would like to be able export most of my site's dynamically
generated pages to static HTML. Many pages don't change often and it is
more efficient to develop dynamically and export to static HTML for
production.
> Costin
Have fun,
Paulo
