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blog_post: true
title: Scalate 1.5.2 Released
author: James Strachan
author_url: http://macstrac.blogpost.com
created_at: 2011-09-09 12:06:40 -0000
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The [Scalate team](http://scalate.fusesource.org) is pleased to announce the
availability of Scalate 1.5.2

Scalate is a [Scala 2.9.1](http://www.scala-lang.org) based <a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template_engine_(web)">template
engine</a> which can be used stand alone, with servlets or web frameworks
like [JAXRS](http://scalate.fusesource.org/documentation/jog.html),
[Lift](http://scalate.fusesource.org/documentation/lift.html) or
[Play](http://github.com/pk11/play-scalate) or in integration frameworks
like [Apache Camel](http://camel.apache.org/scalate.html).

The following template languages are supported through the same common API:

* [Ssp](http://scalate.fusesource.org/documentation/ssp-reference.html#syntax)
  which is like a Scala version of [Velocity](http://velocity.apache.org/),
  JSP or Erb from Rails
* [Scaml](http://scalate.fusesource.org/documentation/scaml-reference.html)
  which is a Scala dialect of [Haml](http://haml-lang.com/) for very DRY
  markup along with the
  [Jade](http://scalate.fusesource.org/documentation/jade.html) syntax
* [Mustache](http://scalate.fusesource.org/documentation/mustache.html)
  which is a Scala dialect of [Mustache](http://mustache.github.com/) for
  logic-less templates which also work inside the browser using
  [mustache.js](http://github.com/janl/mustache.js)

All expressions inside
[Ssp](http://scalate.fusesource.org/documentation/ssp-reference.html#syntax),
[Scaml](http://scalate.fusesource.org/documentation/scaml-reference.html)
and [Jade](http://scalate.fusesource.org/documentation/jade.html) benefit
from the full power and expressiveness of Scala plus they are typesafe and
checked at edit/compile time to ensure you don't leave any mistakes in your
templates.


**Scalate 1.5.2 Highlights**

* Server side compilation of CoffeeScript in the [:coffeescript filter](http://scalate.fusesource.org/documentation/jade-syntax.html#filters) - many thanks for the [patch](https://github.com/scalate/scalate/pull/6)
* Provide a Scala 2.8.1 distribution of Scalate (version **1.5.2-scala_2.8.1**) for easier [Play](http://www.playframework.org/) integration and working with other Scala 2.8.x projects.
* Minor improvements in the use of the ScalaCompiler to make it easier to support [Lifty](http://lifty.github.com/) as a plugin inside [SBT](https://github.com/harrah/xsbt/wiki) - thanks for the help and welcome to the team [Mads](https://github.com/mads379)
* Fixed [#260](http://scalate.assembla.com/spaces/scalate/tickets/260) : Scalate distro does not include all the jars required for textile support

For more detail see the [Full Change Log](http://www.assembla.com/spaces/scalate/milestones/529481-1-5-2)

[Feedback](http://scalate.fusesource.org/community.html) is always welcome!