NVelocity: Sitecore’s original template engine

I sometimes wonder how many people look at the various dependencies that come with Sitecore.  One has to be slightly careful around how these are licensed, especially with Telerik, but I think that there’s one which deserves a mention: NVelocity.  NVelocity was originally a .Net port of the Java-based Velocity templating engine.  Sadly the project itself is more-or-less dead as far as I can tell; having been overtaken by more modern engines like Razor, but I still use it now and then. I thought that I’d explain the basics for people who hadn’t heard of it until now. Continue reading NVelocity: Sitecore’s original template engine