- Hardcover: 300 pages
- Publisher: APRESS ACADEMIC (15 Sep 2006)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1590597222
- ISBN-13: 978-1590597224
- Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 18.3 x 2.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 51,222 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Im glad were having our first real Wicket book available now...It is more than just a how-to guide; Karthik goes through the effort of explaining alternatives and explains how things are done by Wicket instead of merely giving you the steps to get a task done.
- Eelco Hillenius, Chillenious!
Wicket is an open source, component-oriented (POJOs-based), lightweight Java web application development framework that brings the Java Swing event-based programming model to web development. Wicket pages can be mocked up, previewed, and later revised using standard WYSIWYG HTML design tools.
Wicket provides stateful components, thereby improving productivity. It has an architecture and rich component suite that aims to bring back the object orientation and, more importantly, the fun that is missing from the Java web development space. With the impending 1.2 release, Wicket is set for wider adoption.
Pro Wicket gets you up and running quickly with this framework. Youll learn how to configure Wicket, then gradually gain exposure to the �Wicket way� of addressing web development requirements. Youll want to pick up a copy because it
- Is the first book to cover the Wicket framework with Spring integration and Ajax features
- Demonstrates all major wicket capabilities through simple examples
- Covers important aspects like Wicket-Spring integration and Ajax support
About the Author
Karthik Gurumurthy has been associated with the IT industry for
more than six years now and has employed open source libraries to solve
business problems. Karthik also has the experience of having documented a
popular open source project: XDoclet2.
more than six years now and has employed open source libraries to solve
business problems. Karthik also has the experience of having documented a
popular open source project: XDoclet2.
He has been having a great time with Wicket since day one of adoption and
would like to let others know how Wicket succeeds in bringing back the fun
that has been missing in the Java web development space. He also
contributed to the Wicket project through the Wicket-Spring integration
module using Jakarta Commons Attributes.
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Format:Hardcover
This is an good book. It's slightly let down by source that comes with book and being able to reconcile that to book. I seemed to hit a roadblock at around page five, trying to get my head around the unusual way Wicket HTML pages get packaged. This was compounded by the fact there were so many versions of the pages with names like "Login.html".
If the author had spent a little bit of time talking about this and providing a readme roadmap, I'd have undoubtably have given this book 5 stars. Once you get past that initial hiccup, the book is pretty good reading.
Unfortunately things have moved on a bit with Wicket, since the book was written. I think the 'sands of change' were upon the author as he wrote the book. The last chapter takes a sneak peak at Wicket 2.0 So most of book is a bit behind the times. Also all package names of Wicket have changed too, since it's now an Apache project.
Wicket is a good component based web framwork technology that is easier to get your head around than JSF. I think it's better than Tapestry too.
One of the pluses for me was it gave an overview of how to integrate with Spring, so for me, a Spring addict that more than compensated for it being slightly out of date.
Also the author never responded to my emails from over a week ago which I think slightly shows a lack of courtesy. Although he could be on a vacation, in which case this could be forgiven. :)
If the author had spent a little bit of time talking about this and providing a readme roadmap, I'd have undoubtably have given this book 5 stars. Once you get past that initial hiccup, the book is pretty good reading.
Unfortunately things have moved on a bit with Wicket, since the book was written. I think the 'sands of change' were upon the author as he wrote the book. The last chapter takes a sneak peak at Wicket 2.0 So most of book is a bit behind the times. Also all package names of Wicket have changed too, since it's now an Apache project.
Wicket is a good component based web framwork technology that is easier to get your head around than JSF. I think it's better than Tapestry too.
One of the pluses for me was it gave an overview of how to integrate with Spring, so for me, a Spring addict that more than compensated for it being slightly out of date.
Also the author never responded to my emails from over a week ago which I think slightly shows a lack of courtesy. Although he could be on a vacation, in which case this could be forgiven. :)
Format:Hardcover
A great intro to Wicket - I now feel I understand not just how to use the framework, but how it works and therefore how to use it best. The brief introduction to integrating with Spring was invaluable.
I have heard criticism that this is not a book for newbies, which I agree with - it's not really a walkthrough to a first application, it's written more at the level of someone who has used a Java web framework before, and is looking to transfer over.
Personally, I found it pitched at a perfect level with nothing over-explained, but the most important aspects of the framework covered well.
I have heard criticism that this is not a book for newbies, which I agree with - it's not really a walkthrough to a first application, it's written more at the level of someone who has used a Java web framework before, and is looking to transfer over.
Personally, I found it pitched at a perfect level with nothing over-explained, but the most important aspects of the framework covered well.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Unclear and lousy
9 Jan 2008
Format:Hardcover
I bought this book several months ago and walked through the chapters. The authors did a poor job of explaining items and rushed into printed code examples without describing citing what was going on. The book's sentences all make sense but don't fit well together.
The Wicket framework itself is good, but this book is not. I've read an early access copy of Wicket in Action which does a much better job. Buy that instead.
The Wicket framework itself is good, but this book is not. I've read an early access copy of Wicket in Action which does a much better job. Buy that instead.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
hope for a better book on Wickiet
20 Mar 2007
Format:Hardcover
It is good to be the first book about Wicket, that in itself helps readers who seek more comprehensive information than the online doc. However, the book is too deeply bound (almost obsessed) with working through the example code. It does not do a good job to explain the architecture view of Wicket and how it differs from traditional frameworks, nor does it provide much description to the many components with wicket or its extension. For the experienced developers, the wicket Wiki on [...] is more helpful. For the novice, this isn't a well organized to learn from.
Hope the Wicket in Action will do a better job.
Hope the Wicket in Action will do a better job.
8 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Poorly edited first printing
29 Sep 2006
Format:Hardcover
Update 10/04 - The source code for the book is now available for downloading and a second edition of the on-line version of the book has been posted that corrects many of the first printed edition's errors.
Pro Wicket is the first book to be published about a promising web framework called Wicket. While I typically have nothing but praise for Apress books, the editing of this book is severely lacking. The majority of the source code in the book's first printing is incorrect in some manner or another. The book indicates that the source code for the book can be downloaded from the Apress website but as of this writing, the source code is not available. Unfortunately, the errata pages on the Apress site are of limited help because they are incorrect in many cases as well leaving one to figure out the intent of the author through trial and error.
That said, if you are willing to learn through trial and error and are comfortable perusing the Wicket API documentation, this book will give you a reasonable, albeit frustrating, introduction to the Wicket web framework.
Pro Wicket is the first book to be published about a promising web framework called Wicket. While I typically have nothing but praise for Apress books, the editing of this book is severely lacking. The majority of the source code in the book's first printing is incorrect in some manner or another. The book indicates that the source code for the book can be downloaded from the Apress website but as of this writing, the source code is not available. Unfortunately, the errata pages on the Apress site are of limited help because they are incorrect in many cases as well leaving one to figure out the intent of the author through trial and error.
That said, if you are willing to learn through trial and error and are comfortable perusing the Wicket API documentation, this book will give you a reasonable, albeit frustrating, introduction to the Wicket web framework.
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