Apache Wicket 101
Matthew J. McCullough
Ambient Ideas, LLC

Thank You

Thank You!

Matthew McCullough is a Java
pplication architect and co-founde
mbient Ideas. He is an outspoken a
or the use of Agile Methodologies and
ource libraries in Enterprise Applications. M
erves as a member of the JCP, member of the C
ommittee, member of CodeReviewers.com, member of the boar
r the Denver Open Source Users Group, and frequently speaks at t
ions. Matthew contributed to the Sun Java 5 SCJP Certification Exam, and makes appearances in coding on severa
s successful J2EE, SOA, and Web Services systems, including a J2EE Resort Management application supporting celebrity destinations across Can

Why?

“ What good is another web
application framework? Why re-
invent the wheel? Because this
time we could make it
rounder!
” Jonathan Locke, Wicket Project Founder

The Short List

Automatic State
No HttpSession

POJOs
No GET/POST

Localized Styles
No XML

Maven Support
No Custom HTML

Like Swing
Unlike Struts

Simplicity

Technicalities

Pairing
HTML File Java File

Web
Application
Components Page
Panel
Form Label

Code
Review

Resources
•Wicket Homepage
http://wicket.apache.org
•The Server Side Wicket Intro
http://www.theserverside.com/tt/articles/article.tss?
l=IntroducingApacheWicket
•Reference Wiki
http://cwiki.apache.org/WICKET/reference-library.html

Q&A
Email questions to:
MatthewM@AmbientIdeas.com
Slides & Source Code at:
www.AmbientIdeas.com/engineering/engineering-presentation.html