There are quickstart sample apps readily available on the site w/ information on how to get started. However, Wicket really only is the "front-end" to your applications and there are several other pieces of 3rd party software you need to actually build and run the application to see it in action.
Would there be value in a tutorial that shows a true beginner how to install and setup, from the ground-up, the JDK, an IDE (Eclipse, Netbeans, etc.), a web container (i.e. Tomcat), featuring Wicket as the web framework? If so, I'd be more than happy to begin working on something like this. It's the least I could do!
I've got a really basic blog I started building w/ Wicket + EJB3 I could maybe donate that as sample code? Perhaps an application that contrasted Swing w/ Wicket would be helpful for some people?
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On Fri, 2006-05-19 at 22:13 -0400, Dave Johnson wrote:
I have a little background in OO and am a strong advocate, though I know it needs to be done well, just like anything else. And I have some beginning competence in Java and use it with Eclipse. So Wicket has great appeal for me. However, not being familiar with the various web development layers (Spring, Struts, Hibernate, Jetty ad infinitum), I soon find myself in 'configuration hell' when trying to use Wicket. Even the clearest, most basic instructions I've found assume experience I don't have. Perhaps I'm an audience of one but I hope the forthcoming Wicket in Action book will make it easier for anyone like me who is strongly drawn to Wicket but has a background web developers would consider inadequate. Maybe it's asking too much, since I've looked at every tutorial and guide I could find and most are very good. If they required no prior knowledge of anything but Java, though, they would reach a wider audience. Dave ------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Wicket-user mailing list Wicket-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wicket-user
