Web Developer Course

Velocity in dotCMS

The video explores Velocity, a lightweight scripting language in dotCMS for creating dynamic websites. Velocity, an open-source templating language by Apache Foundation, merges dynamic data with static templates to generate custom output. In dotCMS, Velocity is used in templates, containers, widgets, and content fields, providing access to content and navigation via APIs. The video demonstrates creating a VTL widget in a container to run Velocity code on a page, showcasing how to pull and sort activities using Velocity scripts. It also explains Velocity count for loop counting and edit contentlet for inline editing. The video emphasizes the ease of modifying dynamic content using Velocity in dotCMS.