Better alternative to Apache Tiles

Question

I\'m looking for a framework that is better and easier to use than Apache Tiles (which so far, I have used a couple of times).

With Tiles, it seems that when I have

Answer 1

Overall, I would recommend SiteMesh over Tiles.

Here's how to setup SiteMesh 3

You can use Tiles for in-page templates, but use SiteMesh for site-wide template. Nevertheless...

How to make Tiles suck less:

1. Use convention over configuration. For example, put your definitions in webapp/WEB-INF/tiles.xml and there's no need to tell tiles where it is.

2. Use wildcards:

If your controller returns view name index, it will match the definition *, and use the JSP file /WEB-INF/views/index.jsp for the body, and use the message property index.title.

If your controller returns view name contact-us, it will match the definition *, and use the JSP file /WEB-INF/views/contact-us.jsp for the body, and use the message property contact-us.title

In your template, add:

and

Add ReloadableResourceBundleMessageSource bean to your servlet application context.

Make a file /src/main/resources/messages.properties, with content like:

index.title = Welcome to Acme, Inc.
contact-us.title = Contact Us