Thanks! On Tue, Oct 27, 2026 at 9:42 AM Mihir Chhaya <[email protected]> wrote:
> Wow - The Wizards of Wicket :) > > The new and updated website is amazing. I especially liked the section > showing technical how-to and other links for the code examples. > > Thank you for all the volunteer efforts going behind keeping this project > alive and interesting. > > -Mihir. > > On Mon, Oct 26, 2026, 6:24 PM Martijn Dashorst <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > 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 > > > -- Regards - Ernesto Reinaldo Barreiro Apache Wicket Committer Emerging artist https://www.instagram.com/reinaldo.barreiro.art/
