Hi all, To celebrate the upcoming Wicket 11 release, we took a good look at the Wicket website and set out to make it more modern and better structured. The result is live now at https://wicket.apache.org. Thanks to everyone who voted on the designs!
The new design gives our beloved framework a seasonal, organic feel. Every page opens with a photograph that changes with the time of year: this week that's Halloween, so mind the pumpkin. If your system is set to dark mode, the site follows it. The bigger change is under the hood. The new structure brings all the wisdom of the excellent reference guide (formerly the User Guide, and still available) into 138 short pages, each about one particular problem or aspect: - 5 tutorials that take you from an empty project to a tested page with Ajax - 97 how-to guides, each for one task - 15 explainers on why Wicket works the way it does, from models to serialization - 21 reference pages Each page says which Wicket version it applies to, and the search finds classes, tasks and terms. If you were afraid to read the 300+ page reference guide, these friendly, to-the-point pages are for you. The reference guide itself is still there for every release line, as one page and as PDF. A few other things to look at: - How Wicket works (https://wicket.apache.org/start/overview.html) builds one small order page in seven steps, from plain HTML to a tested page with Ajax that is secure by default. - Each release line has its own page with its status, how long it's supported, the Maven dependency to copy, downloads and the way to upgrade. - The quick start generates a new Wicket project with Maven in a minute: https://wicket.apache.org/start/quickstart.html - Questions, bug reports, reporting a vulnerability and the mailing lists are now on one Community page. Found something broken or missing? Let us know on the users list. Martijn, on behalf of the Apache Wicket team
