I had the privilege of previewing the book's content over the past few months, and I can tell you that this book is going to be worth every penny and then some! I'd recommend it for every Wicket develop out there - even if you think you've already "done it all". I guarantee you'll pick up a trick or two - I did!
-- Jeremy Thomerson http://wickettraining.com *Need a CMS for Wicket? Use Brix! http://brixcms.org* On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 1:44 PM, 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 > >
