| Pro Wicket (Expert's Voice in Java) | 
| Author: Karthik Gurumurthy
Publisher: Apress
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 641700
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 328
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.7
Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 7.2 x 1.1
ISBN: 1590597222
Dewey Decimal Number: 005
EAN: 9781590597224
ASIN: 1590597222
Publication Date: September 7, 2006
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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
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 Very helpful April 21, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
The book had the information I was seeking, there is another due out in June I will also buy, very handy, helpful tool.
 Rushed and badly written January 15, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book and is very difficult to follow at times. The editing was very obviously rushed (or done by an amateur) and the result is a huge errata that recently had to be published, due to mounting complaints. There are no step-by-step code examples reflecting the progress from chapter to chapter - all that has been provided is a full web application with the completed code - not very helpful as this book takes an approach of using a progressing web application as its flow. Also, one can clearly distinguish which author wrote which sections - some of the chapters are clearly written and understandable, others are a complete train wreck, with blatant omissions and badly worded explanations of complex subjects. On a scale of 1-10 I give this book a 4 at best - I would recommend a new edition of this book, perhaps also reflecting the profound changes of Wicket 1.2 and 1.3.
 Unclear and lousy January 9, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
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.
hope for a better book on Wickiet March 20, 2007
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
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.
 Good, but not for dummies January 9, 2007
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
This book is good, but I recommend having worked a little bit with Wicket before using this book. The beginning of the book is not basic enough for dummies.
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