Kudos! Great work Igor :-)
Am 26.03.2011 um 01:00 schrieb Eelco Hillenius: > Another baby, congrats! > > Eelco > > On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 10:44 AM, Igor Vaynberg <igor.vaynb...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> For the past nine months I have been quietly working on a book about >> Wicket. Unlike other books on the market this one does not attempt to >> teach you Wicket from the ground up. Instead, it is for developers who >> already know the basics and want to learn how to implement some of the >> more advanced use cases. Essentially, it contains recipes that show >> the reader how to implement solutions to some of, what I think are, >> the most commonly asked questions and stumbling blocks. This morning I >> was informed that the book has been published! You can read more about >> it and pick up a copy on PACKT's Site[1]. I hope you enjoy it, more >> details below... >> >> [1] https://www.packtpub.com/apache-wicket-cookbook/book >> >> ## Description ## >> >> Apache Wicket is one of the most famous Java web application >> frameworks. Wicket simplifies web development and makes it fun. Are >> you bored of going through countless pages of theory to find out how >> to get your web development done? With this book in hand, you don't >> need to go through hundreds of pages to figure out how you will >> actually build a web application. You will get practical solutions to >> your common everyday development tasks to pace up your development >> activities. >> >> Apache Wicket Cookbook provides you with information that gets your >> problems solved quickly without beating around the bush. This book is >> perfect for you if you are ready to take the next step from tutorials >> and step into the practical world. It will take you beyond the basics >> of using Apache Wicket and show you how to leverage Wicket's advanced >> features to create simpler and more maintainable solutions to what at >> first may seem complex problems. >> >> You will learn how to integrate with client-side technologies such as >> JavaScript libraries or Flash components, which will help you to build >> your application faster. You will discover how to use Wicket paradigms >> to factor out commonly used code into custom Components, which will >> reduce the maintenance cost of your application, and how to leverage >> the existing Wicket Components to make your own code simpler. >> >> A straightforward Cookbook with highly focused practical recipes to >> make your web application development easier with the Wicket web >> framework >> >> ## What you will learn from this book ## >> >> * Leverage Wicket to implement a wide variety of both simple and >> advanced use cases in a narrative that gets straight to the point >> * Make forms work in the crazy world of the Web by learning the ways >> of Wicket's form processing >> * Simplify localizing your Wicket applications >> * Take the boring out of your forms by discovering how to improve the >> user experience while simplifying your code at the same time >> * Leverage the built-in Table component to make displaying tabular data a >> snap >> * Think Wicket's Borders are not very useful? Learn to use them in >> unexpected places to simplify things >> * See how to integrate with Flash components and create interactive >> charts at the same time >> * Web 1.0 too boring? Learn how to tame Wicket's AJAX support and >> bring your application into Web 2.0 >> * Simplify your security code by learning various security techniques >> * An application cannot be built with Wicket alone; see how to make it >> play nice with other frameworks >> >> ## Approach ## >> >> This is a hands-on practical guide to a large variety of topics and >> use cases. This book tries to use real-world examples when possible, >> but is not afraid to come up with a contrived pretext if it makes >> explaining the problem simpler. Unlike a lot of other books, this one >> does not try to maintain a continuous theme from chapter to chapter, >> such as demonstrating solutions on the same fictional application; >> doing so would be almost impossible given the wide variety of recipes >> presented here. Instead, this book concentrates on focused problems >> users are likely to encounter and shows clear solutions in a >> step-by-step manner. This book tries to teach by example and is not >> afraid to show a lot of code because, after all, it is for coders. >> >> ## Who this book is written for ## >> >> This book is for current users of the Apache Wicket framework; it is >> not an introduction to Wicket that will bore you with tons of theory. >> You are expected to have built or maintained a simple Wicket >> application in the past and to be looking to learn new and better ways >> of using Wicket. If you are ready to take your Wicket skills to the >> next level this book is for you. >> >> Cheers, and I hope you enjoy the book! >> -Igor >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@wicket.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@wicket.apache.org >> >>