Introduction

• A server-side template engine for Java.
  • SSR
  • To generate HTML dynamically on server.
• Tight integration with Spring MVC.

Use Case:

✅ Admin dashboard

✅ Internal tools

✅ Simple web apps

✅ SEO-heavy pages

❌ Large SPA (React / Vue)

❌ Highly interactive UI

Setup SpringBoot

pom.xml

<dependency>
  <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
  <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-thymeleaf</artifactId>
</dependency>

Folder structure

src/main/resources/
 ├─ templates/   ← thymeleaf html files
 └─ static/      ← css, js, images

Controller send the view

@Controller
public class HomeController {
    @GetMapping("/home")
    public String home(Model model) {
        model.addAttribute("name", "Min Hen");
        return "home"; // home.html
    }
}