public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception { List<Book> books = new ArrayList<Book>(); books.add(new Book("The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy", 5.70, true, "0")); books.add(new Book("Life, the Universe and Everything", 5.60, false, "N")); books.add(new Book("The > Restaurant at the < End of the Universe & all", 5.40, true, "Yes")); Map<String, Object> model = new HashMap<String, Object>(); model.put("books", books); model.put("pageName", "My Bookshelf"); JadeConfiguration jadeConfiguration = new JadeConfiguration(); jadeConfiguration.setPrettyPrint(true); jadeConfiguration.setMode(Jade4J.Mode.XML); JadeTemplate template = jadeConfiguration.getTemplate("src/main/java/jade2j/index.jade"); StopWatch stopWatch = new StopWatch(); stopWatch.start(); String result = jadeConfiguration.renderTemplate(template, model); stopWatch.stop(); System.out.println(result); System.out.println(stopWatch.toString()); }