Aspects
Freemarker
FreeMarker is a Java based template engine, a generic tool to generate text output (anything from HTML to autogenerated source code) based on templates
Velocity
Apache Velocity is a Java-based template engine
Others
| Quality | Example |
|---|---|
| Worse |
"Velocity is worse than freemarker and stringtemplate has got its own issues" from question "Better template language needed" |
| Much better |
"Freemarker provides much better native whitespace handling recent velocity releases provide more interesting content controls #define #evaluate # literal block #" from question "Freemarker vs. Velocity" |
| Simpler |
"Velocity is simpler than freemarker" from question "How do I separate markup from application code when building a Java website?" |
| More knoledge |
"I m trying to create a template in velocity since i have more knoledge than freemarker" from question "Creating a Velocity template for Dynamic Data List (Liferay 6.2)" |
| More |
"Freemarker is more powerful than velocity" from question "How do I separate markup from application code when building a Java website?" |
| More advanced |
"Freemarker is more advanced but a little complex as compared to apache velocity" from question "An HTML template engine for Java like Genshi or Zope's TAL" |