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VelocityWeb 1.3.1 will be released soon!!
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We bring new DB-based resource bundle. We see that Apache has a sub-project named as sandbox/resources, which has been inactived now(don't know why).
<br>And we make this framework compiled under JDK1.3 .
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We want to give more re-usable code in this framework.Here are our task list:
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<br>0. db resource bundle... read more

VelocityWeb is a zero-configuration web framework for J2EE.It's easy to debug/unit test without J2EE server,create view with Velocity/Freemarker,create DAO with Apache Common DBUtils,SQL pagination,and transaction following TRANSACTION_PER_REQUEST.

VelocityWeb 1.3 has been released!
VelocityWeb brings us a uniform interface to support pagination of many database. It also supports special SQL such select distinct/ group by. And codes in internet normally don't support these.

VelocityWeb 1.3 will be released soon!

In this version, a SQL paging(pagination?) abstract will be added to support all main database: Oracle, SQL Server, Mysql, PostgreSQL, DB2.

And the next version, I will add a J2EE navigator menu generator. As we all know, each J2EE project will have navigator menu, and it's not easy for a beginner to handle. The menu will be generator based on config data in database tables, not based on XML config file. Because I believe that, for the large projects, it's easier to cocurrently modify web project menu in database tables than XML config files.... read more

VelocityWeb 1.2 has released.
Add template abstract layer to support both Velocity and Freemarker.

Velocity 1.1 will plan to be released at June 2007.
Java docs will be updated. FreeMaker support will be added.

VelocityWeb 1.0 has released with document in English, Chinese

VelocityWeb 1.0 will be released soon.

add junit test cases, these cases can run without starting J2EE server, and can test full business path: server request -> service -> dao -> result pages.
testing under Oracle 9i has finished.
document has not finished yet.

VelocityWeb 0.9 has been released!
Add new sample for petstore.
Add layout support dispatcher(something like struts action), and dispatcher group. Dispatcher will use layout of dispatcher group if it belongs to.
Fix some bugs in O/R mapping.

VelocityWeb 0.9 has been released!
Add new sample for petstore.
Add layout support dispatcher(something like struts action), and dispatcher group. Dispatcher will use layout of dispatcher group if it belongs to.
Fix some bugs in O/R mapping.

PetStore Sample of velocityweb will be released in a month.
There sould be comparison of code lines/performance with Sun EJB PetStore and Spring PetStore.

add unit test support, can run test and see result page without starting J2EE server.
This can make test faster.
add a test case in sample project.
you can see a sumary in FAQ page without download here, http://velocityweb.sourceforge.net/faq.htm

VelocityWeb 0.1.1 is available now, with sample using Mysql.
FAQ document has been added.

VelocityWeb 0.1 is available now.

VelocityWeb will release version 0.1 soon.
Since I am not familiar with sourceforge uploading tools, source code has been uploaded via CVS. It seems the files not appear in download page.