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Review on Thymeleaf by Aaron Kindler
Very nice template engine but not enough capabilities
As stated in the other reviews, Thymeleaf is very simple to get started with. Adding tags such as th:block and th:inline makes adding content to pages easy. It's also very fast to add new templates. One thing that I don't like about Thymeleaf is that you can't use HTML5 form controls within the page blocks. Another problem is that if you have a large project, you need to download it from GitHub to do development locally. Thymeleaf is great for small projects or prototypes. Once you have your project set up, using Thymeleaf is quick and easy.
Pros
- The simplicity
- Performance compared against Freemarker/Velocity engines.
- Free licensing model (LGPL) allows usage without paying license fees this means there are no restrictions when working inside an open source community / business environment where they would dislike proprietary software licenses being used due security concerns etc.There should absolutely be zero limitations placed upon how we work at our jobs!
Cons
- There are disadvantages
