A previous post introduced the features of the Thymeleaf template engine in a standalone environment. Even if a standalone use of Thymeleaf can make sense - e.g. for short document generation or view testing - developers usually use the template engine in a web environment. This post covers how to integrate Thymeleaf with one of the most popular Java web frameworks, Spring MVC. We'll see also how to test the controller and the view with Spring MVC test framework.

There's a bunch of Java template engines, but one of them has been getting some momentum these days: Thymeleaf. Nice and powerful syntax, flexibility, vibrant community, and good integration with popular web technologies, these are all good reasons to discover this alternative to JSP. This article lists the core features of Thymeleaf and shows how to write and process an HTML template.