An introduction to the Apache Wicket Web Framework by Matthew McCullough of Ambient Ideas given to the Denver Open Source Users Group (DOSUG)

1. Apache Wicket 101
Matthew J. McCullough
Ambient Ideas, LLC

2. Thank You

3. Thank You!

4. atthew McCullough is a Java
plication architect and co-founde
bient Ideas. He is an outspoken a
r the use of Agile Methodologies and
urce libraries in Enterprise Applications. M
rves as a member of the JCP, member of the C
mmittee, member of CodeReviewers.com, member of the boar
the Denver Open Source Users Group, and frequently speaks at t
ons. Matthew contributed to the Sun Java 5 SCJP Certification Exam, and makes appearances in coding on severa
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successful J2EE, SOA, and Web Services systems, including a J2EE Resort Management application supporting celebrity destinations

6. Why?

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

9. The Short List

10. Automatic State
No HttpSession

11. POJOs
No GET/POST

12. Localized Styles
No XML

13. Maven Support
No Custom HTML

14. Like Swing
Unlike Struts

15. Simplicity

16. Technicalities

18. Pairing
Java File
HTML File

19. Web
Application
Components Page
Panel
Form Label

20. Code
Review

21. 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

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