If you'd like to create AJAX web-based applications easily, then this book is for you. More importantly, it shows you how to do that with joy and feel good about your own work! You don't need to know servlet or JSP while your productivity will be much higher than using servlet or JSP directly. This is possible because we're going to use a library called Wicket that makes complicated stuff simple and elegant. How does it do that? First, it allows the web designer to work on the static contents and design of a page while allowing the developer to work on the dynamic contents of that page without stepping on each other's toes; Second, it allows developers to work with high level concepts such as objects and properties instead of HTTP URLs, query parameters or HTML string values; Third, it comes with powerful components such as calendar, tree and data grid and it allows you to create your own components for reuse in your own project. However, don't take our word for it! This book will quickly walk you through real world use cases to show you how to use Wicket and leave it up to you to judge. Sample chapters are available on the book website at www.agileskills2.org.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
A good book to get you started on Wicket!,
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This review is from: Enjoying Web Development with Wicket (Paperback)
I bought the PDF version of this book. It provided an excellent introduction to Wicket. Wicket is based on a different paradigm (components and events rather than request/response and actions) to most Java web frameworks so the learning curve can be quite steep. This book covered everything I needed to know to really get going with Wicket in a straightforward and easy to understand manner.
I would recommend this book for anyone looking to learn about Wicket.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
A good running start,
This review is from: Enjoying Web Development with Wicket (Paperback)
I bought the PDF version of this book and was really impressed with the down to earth meat and potatoes examples approach that this book uses in getting you up to speed with Wicket really fast.
This book will be more suited to busy corporate developers who will need to get practical answers to how you do common everyday things with Wicket via the numerous working examples and reasonable explanations as to why things work the way they do in Wicket. The reason I didn't give this book a five is that the section on AJAX needed to be a bit clearer and should have had detailed explanations on the theory behind Wicket's AJAX strategy. I also needed more details on the use of Wicket's AJAX components. The book could also do with a section on creating custom Wicket Components. You won't find anything on the use of Wicket annotations in this book as it's based on Wicket 1.3. Wicket annotations are available in the more recent Wicket 1.4 release. Overall, this is a well put together book that is very easy to read and follow.
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Easy start book for wicket,
This review is from: Enjoying Web Development with Wicket (Paperback)
This book is currently the best among wicket books. The tutorial style will get you going and for someone able to construct the rudimentary examples in the book, the next steps should not be too bad. Dont expect the small apps in the book to be like real life sites. They are simple and are directed towards grasping one or two concepts. Pages filled with summaries could be avoided, no one is taking tests. If you want to learn this framework and you have a lot of java web exposure, this book is for you.
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validating input, using javascript, void populateltem, bookmarkable page, markup inheritance, wicket tags, patron code, business transaction layer, balance from deposits, private int weight, choice renderer, page class name, most preferred language, entity manager factory, form validator, serialized execution, request cycle, void rollback, manager bean, modal window, void commit, context descriptor, request from the browser, customer object, resource stream Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Developing Robust, Unit Testing Wicket Pages, Supporting Other Languages, Building Interactive Pages, Using Spring, File Edit View History Bookmarks Tools, Getting Started, Steps Transaction, Alan Turing, Using Forms, File Edit View Go Bookmarks Tools, Bill Gates, Modify Home, Common Layout, Restart Tomcat, Martin Fowler, System Library, Erich Gamma, File Edit Tools Display Help, Confirm Button, Sat Jul, Product Details, Hot Deals, Kent Beck, Linus Torvalds Browse Sample Pages:
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validating input, using javascript, void populateltem, bookmarkable page, markup inheritance, wicket tags, patron code, business transaction layer, balance from deposits, private int weight, choice renderer, page class name, most preferred language, entity manager factory, form validator, serialized execution, request cycle, void rollback, manager bean, modal window, void commit, context descriptor, request from the browser, customer object, resource stream Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Developing Robust, Unit Testing Wicket Pages, Supporting Other Languages, Building Interactive Pages, Using Spring, File Edit View History Bookmarks Tools, Getting Started, Steps Transaction, Alan Turing, Using Forms, File Edit View Go Bookmarks Tools, Bill Gates, Modify Home, Common Layout, Restart Tomcat, Martin Fowler, System Library, Erich Gamma, File Edit Tools Display Help, Confirm Button, Sat Jul, Product Details, Hot Deals, Kent Beck, Linus Torvalds Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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