I don't see it as duplication, I see the HTML markup merely as placeholders. And unlike certain other technologies, that means you can keep all your branching and iteration logic in Java - rather than stuffing this into XML.
/Casper On 4 Sep., 13:25, Frederic Simon <[email protected]> wrote: > The big benefit of this "duplication" is: > - UI developers manage the HTML + Wicket Java code > - BackEnd developers manage Wicket Java Code + Services > > So, the interface is pure Java Code easily understandable and maintainable > by both "kind of" developers. > > On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 2:04 PM, Jo Voordeckers > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > Having done a medium sized Wicket project some months ago, I completele > > agree with Casper. > > > The duplication in Java and xHTML is in reality not that much of an burden. > > Errors are quickly spotted and the error messages are pretty clear on what > > you did wrong. > > > Jo > > > On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 1:39 AM, Casper Bang <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> Have a look at JSF and you will come fleeing back to Wicket. What > >> Wicked gives you, that other frameworks does not, is the ability to > >> avoid XML and use your existing HTML and Java skills. Also, it's > >> really easy to create your own components and obtain reuse that way, > >> something I have not seen much of elsewhere. Last but not least, > >> Wicket's fluent interfaces are great for exploratory leaning - there's > >> just something nice about having your IDE guide you. This is what Java > >> does quite well. There's also Stripes but whatever you do, stay away > >> from JSF. lol > > >> /Casper > > >> On 3 Sep., 22:05, Lenny P <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > Hi Guys. > > >> > I was there during the Roundup '07 and had a blast. > >> > You may remember me as the pilot. > > >> > Unfortunately, I got laid off and now programming again. > >> > We are evailuating web frameworks (ugh) and I know from the podcast > >> > that Dick uses Wicket. > >> > I've noticed that there are a lot of duplication between wicket .html > >> > and .java files, i.e. > >> > forms are 'created' in both html and java. This seems to me a bad > >> > duplication effort, > >> > and introduces lots of room for errors. What do you think about this? > > >> > Thanks! > > > -- > > - Jo > > -- > JFrog Ltd > 5 Habonim st., P.O.Box 8187 > Netanya, Israel 42504. > Tel: +972 9 8941444 > Fax: +972 9 > 8659977http://www.jfrog.org/http://freddy33.blogspot.com/http://nothingisinfinite.blogspot.com/ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
