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  <title>Further Reading</title>
  <author email="taylor@apache.org">David Sean Taylor</author>
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<p>
  <a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/velocity">Velocity</a> is a view 
  technology comparable to JSP) that Apache Portals officially supports. Many 
  portlet developers feel Velocity is an excellent alternative
  to JSP for web application development.
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  Portals uses <a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/log4j">Log4j</a> for a 
  logging framework.  No more commenting System.out.println()'s in your code!
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  <a href="http://maven.apache.org/">Maven</a> is a Java 
  project management and project comprehension tool. Maven is based on the 
  concept of a project object model (POM) in that all the artifacts produced 
  by Maven are a result of consulting a well defined model for your project.
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<p>
  <a href="http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-10-2002/jw-1011-maven.html">
  Maven article</a> - Maven ties together tools for better code management.
  by Jeff Linwood, published in JavaWorld on October 11, 2002.
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  <a href="http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-12-2001/jw-1228-velocity.html">
  Velocity Introduction</a> - Start up the Velocity Template Engine.
  by Geir Magnusson, Jr., published in JavaWorld on December 28, 2001.
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<p>
  The web application framework comparison project 
  <a href="http://www.waferproject.org/index.html">WAFER</a> takes a look at
  the many web application frameworks available and 
  makes a comparison.
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<p>
  On the Velocity site, there is Jon Stevens'
  <a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/velocity/ymtd/ymtd.html">
  You Make The Decision</a>, which compares Velocity to JSP.
 .
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  Then there is Jason Hunter's
  <a href="http://www.servlets.com/soapbox/problems-jsp.html">
  Problems with JSP</a>.
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