This is a collection of tutorials to help you get started with FreeMarker web development.

These tutorials are aimed at frontend and backend engineers who are familiar with some programming concepts and have a basic understanding of what MVC is. Even if you have never worked on an MVC project before, these tutorials should be enough to get you started.

FreeMarker is a Java templating engine and can be used as a view resolver with the popular Spring MVC framework. FreeMarker is as an alternative to other view resolvers like JSP, XSL, or Velocity and is an actively maintained, open-source project.

1. Installing Java and Maven
   You can skip this if you already have Java 7+ and Maven 3.1+ installed.

2. Running a server locally
   You can skip this if you are already comfortable starting up and configuring a server like Tomcat, but other tutorials will reference the settings in this tutorial.

3. FreeMarker “Hello World”
   A basic overview of starting up and configuring a FreeMarker webapp with Spring MVC. Topics include:

   • Java-based Spring configuration
   • Configuring FreeMarker settings
   • Ensuring your app has proper UTF-8 charset configuration
   • Deploying to different contexts using Tomcat