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Apache FreeMarker

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Krishantha C.
KC
Technical Specialist
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"It is very good template engine for dynamic web pages."
What do you like best about Apache FreeMarker?

Really easy to use. This is great when we have so many web templates and it's giving the flexibility to adjust them accordingly. And of cause, it's Open Source and well documented and therefore we don't need to hard search to get something done. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Apache FreeMarker?

Freemarker had almost everything I need. And also it's well documented. Therefore I had no issues with it while working on my requirements. So I don't have anything at this moment. But if I found something will inform them because it is a great and simple tool, and we need to improve that to sustain it in the market. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Surya U.
SU
Software Development Engineer II
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"There's no better and easier data transformation tool out there"
What do you like best about Apache FreeMarker?

Freemarker has the least learning curve of all the transformation technologies. When compared with Xquery, Jsonpath, xpath etc. Freemarker is might weight and faster processing than the others. Combined with great built in functions and macros support and support for all the data structures of Java, I can't think of any other technology that comes even close to freemarker in this domain. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Apache FreeMarker?

Though the documentation is pretty good, finding a function that does exactly what you need is a bit challenging. Also, the dateTime formatting libraries and their documentation could be improved.

There's no good IDE support. Very few plugins in eclipse and IntelliJ offer support for freemarker linting. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Banking
CB
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Freemarker is best for message generation in desired format and Runtime UI components"
What do you like best about Apache FreeMarker?

Apache Freemarker is best for generating mesaage in any format eg xml,json,swift,fix and ISO messages. And also best for Runtime UI components.

I have mainly used for generating message with different formats to other systems and also for converting one format to others Actually for conversion its best when compares to others Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Apache FreeMarker?

I used in most of the place i didn't see any cons over there Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Waqas A.
WA
Technical Lead
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Powerful templates engine"
What do you like best about Apache FreeMarker?

Apache free marker template have very powerful engine for processing ftl files with backing java Classes. Using free-marker you can design a framework that could be cross platform and have one json response across different platform i.e Android Ios Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Apache FreeMarker?

Sometimes its hard to get the error when ftl engine process the ftl and came across some error.

Error description messages can be more well defined Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer Software
UC
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores.
"Easy way for building dynamic email templates"
What do you like best about Apache FreeMarker?

Easily build the dynamic templates and connect them with blackened with MVC framework. It provides loops and conditional statements which makes it more easy to build those. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Apache FreeMarker?

Need of variable declaration fot every backend values which kind of hectic one. So it will be great if we can use backend values directly in the code without need of variable. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Hari K.
HK
Associate
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores.
"Free marker for web design"
What do you like best about Apache FreeMarker?

I had to generate multiple templates with the same set of backend data a long time ago. Great flexibility for web design Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Apache FreeMarker?

Solutions available in web were not enough to solve some issues Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Leisure, Travel & Tourism
CL
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Used number of templating languages in the past but without a doubt Freemarker is the easiest one"
What do you like best about Apache FreeMarker?

Simple and easy to read code, everything looks very natural and easy to understand. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Apache FreeMarker?

Some syntax is harder to remember but I am glad they have an outstanding resources available online which is really helpful Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Publishing
IP
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Simple to use, help in reducing redundant code"
What do you like best about Apache FreeMarker?

Mechanism to embed Code inside templates, exhaustive logical code construct support , simple syntax, easy to understand Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Apache FreeMarker?

Debugging mechanism was weak on eclipse, not sure if there is any other way to debug apart from traces Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Asanka S.
AS
Technologist
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Apache freemaker a great template engine which useful in generating text output"
What do you like best about Apache FreeMarker?

Open-source

Flexibility of usage

Good documentation Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Apache FreeMarker?

It has a considerable learning curve before usage Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Information Technology and Services
UI
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Freemarker Review"
What do you like best about Apache FreeMarker?

Powerful template language

Multipurpose and lightweight

Internationalization/localization-aware

XML processing capabilities

Versatile data-model Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Apache FreeMarker?

Error description can be improved also there is no good IDE support Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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