Let's see if we can gather tips on using Velocity with Spring.

• To get started, take a look at VelocityAndSpringStepByStep.
  
• Of course, you have already read the Reference Manual and API for Velocity in general and as a view component.
  
• Toolbox support is provided by VelocityToolboxView.
  
  • You can hard code tools by subclassing and overriding VelocityView#exposeHelpers. (Maarten Bosteels)
    
  • For VelocityTools 1.2, you might want to apply this patch to set the VelocityEngine so tools like ViewRenderTool will work.
    
  • It would be great if we could inject Velocity tools from the Spring context. See JIRA SPR-980.
    
• Layout support is provided by VelocityLayoutView.
  
  • You might want to apply this patch if you want to configure the layout using a VelocityViewResolver type view resolver.