What is thymeleaf? And what are the advantages of using thymeleaf?

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Why do we need thymeleaf. How it is helpful for the developers? I have seen an example where user name is fetched using a simple code by the author in w3schools.com like below.

**<form:inputText name="userName" value="${user.name}" />**

Also, the same author from w3schools try to teach how we can fetch the user name using thymeleaf as below.

**<input type="text" name="userName" value="James Carrot" th:value="${user.name}" />**

But my question is why do we need thymeleaf? It simply increasing code size. Someone please help me in understanding this.

Thymeleaf is a template engine. Who will populate ${user.name} in the first example? — Simon Martinelli, May 27 '20 at 06:57
@SimonMartinelli What do you mean by template engine...As we are using bootstrap for designing and HTML to create web pages — Narendra Reddy, May 27 '20 at 11:19
what is the first line? What framework/library is providing the value? — Simon Martinelli, May 27 '20 at 11:25
It is an expression tag through which we can fetch pojo values through controller — Narendra Reddy, May 27 '20 at 11:39
Does this answer your question? [What kind of a solution is thymeleaf?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/38806245/what-kind-of-a-solution-is-thymeleaf) — andrewJames, May 27 '20 at 13:12
@SimonMartinelli it's called expression language...we use such expressions even in angular. $ fetches the values whatever which is inside {} — Narendra Reddy, May 27 '20 at 13:39
Yes I understand but WHO is doing that? Thymleaf is template engine that USES an expression langauge — Simon Martinelli, May 27 '20 at 13:46
Please read https://www.baeldung.com/spring-template-engines — Simon Martinelli, May 27 '20 at 13:47

score 3 · Accepted Answer · edited May 28 '20 at 05:30

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Thymeleafe is a template engine like JSP. It makes developer work easy by designing application templates effectively. It composes many features which make a developer's life easy.

For more information see "Thymeleaf".

Also, from Stackoverflow "What kind of a solution is thymeleaf?".

Also, you will find many questions for the beginner's level.

Do not hesitate to ask questions. Keep digging.

edited May 28 '20 at 05:30

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What is thymeleaf? And what are the advantages of using thymeleaf?

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