I didn't have a look one the wicket books for quite while. Good you told us. I orderered yours yesterday on Amazon. :)
2011/11/18 Igor Vaynberg <igor.vaynb...@gmail.com> > * there are three books written about wicket: two for beginners and > one for intermediate-advanced users. > * there is a searchable mailing list archive that spans years upon > years of users asking questions and getting answers. > * there is a wiki that lists examples and has some good articles. > * there is stack overflow questions and answers. > > is there an answer to every single possible question out there? of > course not. no framework has that. look at projects like spring and > hibernate. do those have great documentation? i bet you would say > "yes". are their mailing lists any less busy than our own? no. so what > does that say? > > if i had to make up a number i would say that armed with the resources > i listed you would be able to answer about 80% of your own questions. > and i think that is a pretty good number. there is a very active user > list to help you answer questions you cant answer yourself, usually > faster then a commercial support contract. for free. > > not too shabby. > > -igor > > On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 3:30 PM, Gaetan Zoritchak > <g.zoritc...@moncoachfinance.com> wrote: > > I must admit that I agree with you. While I think Wicket is a > > great framework, the documentation is not up to par. This tool seems a > > little too elitist. "If you're strong enough you will find > > a great framework." It's a shame because even if the mailing list is very > > effective it slows down the adoption of wicket. > > > > 2011/11/17 geraldkw <geral...@gmail.com> > > > >> "This is not an april fool's day, it is just an opinion of an > inexperienced > >> developer. " > >> > >> This illustrates one of the traditional logical fallacies. If you can't > >> effectively attack the argument, attack the speaker. > >> > >> My biggest problem with Wicket is that I haven't found any > documentation on > >> the web that really lets me get a solid grasp on the key concepts. I > read a > >> lot of poorly written "documentation", weak examples and forum posts > >> dealing > >> with something that is only vaguely related to my goals, maybe learn a > >> fragment of useful info, and then suffer while trying to apply it. > >> > >> I haven't looked a Wicket in Action or other Wicket Books, but I have > not > >> heard good things. Also, this is the Internet Age and this is web > >> programming. I have no problem finding documentation on other web > >> programming languages/frameworks like I do with Wicket. > >> > >> If I am wrong, point me to some solid learning materials, and you stand > a > >> chance of changing my mind. > >> > >> geraldkw > >> > >> > >> -- > >> View this message in context: > >> > http://apache-wicket.1842946.n4.nabble.com/Apache-Wicket-is-a-Flawed-Framework-tp4080411p4081206.html > >> Sent from the Users forum mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > >> > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@wicket.apache.org > >> For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@wicket.apache.org > >> > >> > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@wicket.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@wicket.apache.org > >
