Wicket

Abstract

Apache Wicket is the framework that makes developing web apps enjoyable again.

Wicket uses a Swing-like component model. Pages and components are real Java objects that support true Object-Oriented development: Wicket components are truly encapsulated and reusable.

Wicket is "pure java and pure HTML" no mixing of markup with Java code.

The wicket mailing list is one of the most active of all Apache projects.
During this session, you will learn why Wicket is becoming so popular.

The following topics will be discussed (with lots of code samples):

• components
• models
• forms: conversion, validation, feedback messages
• markup inheritance
• panels
• behaviors: Attribute modifiers, Ajax behaviors, ...
• I18N
• Spring/Guice integration

Speaker

Maarten Bosteels graduated as a mathematician at the University of Leuven, Belgium and has more than twelve years as a Software Developer.

He currently works as a Java Software Developer/Architect at DNS Belgium. He specializes in developing robust web services and web applications, using open source projects like Spring, Wicket, XmlBeans, Mina, Velocity and many more.

He is a committer for Apache Mina, and has contributed to various other open source projects.

Location and Date

• Leuven - October 15th from 19h00 till 21h00