I've already downloaded the MEAP (and purchased the book in advance, BTW).
Maybe this will be the first and only time in my life that I'm the very first to purchase a book. Wow, I'm so excited. Anyway, where do I send comments / corrections? Cheers, David On Fri, 2007-07-27 at 14:26 +0900, David Leangen wrote: > Congratulations, guys! > > I very much look forward to reading this book. > > > Cheers, > David > > > > On Thu, 2007-07-26 at 22:55 +0200, Martijn Dashorst wrote: > > Eelco and I are really happy to announce the availability of our first > > two chapters of our forthcoming book "Wicket in Action". > > > > Chapter 1 is a FREE(!) download for users that subscribe to our new > > Apache Wicket user list. First send a message to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] and then proceed to download chapter > > 1 here: > > > > http://manning.com/dashorst > > > > The book is available through the Manning Early Access Program (MEAP), > > which means that you can buy the book right now, and get access to new > > chapters as soon as Eelco and I have finished them. When the book is > > finished you will receive the full blown marked up e-version, or if > > you prefer (and at some extra cost) in a dead tree format. > > > > Chapters 1 and 3 are already available, with chapters 2 and 4 > > following shortly (within one or two weeks). The other chapters will > > be available a bit later, as they still need to be converted from the > > Wicket 2.0 constructor change back to Wicket 1.3 (yes we suffer too > > from our mistakes!) > > > > Wicket in Action is an authoritative, comprehensive guide for Java > > developers building Wicket-based web applications. This book starts > > with an introduction to Wicket's structure and components, and moves > > quickly into examples of Wicket at work. Written by two of the > > project's earliest and most authoritative experts, this book shows you > > both the "how-to" and the "why" of Wicket. As you move through the > > book, you'll learn to use and customize Wicket components, how to > > interact with other technologies like Spring and Hibernate, and how to > > build rich, Ajax-driven features into your applications. > > > > Here is the full list of chapters for Wicket in Action: > > > > 1 What is Wicket? (MEAP, FREE) > > 2 The architecture of Wicket > > 3 Setting up a Wicket project (MEAP) > > 4 Building a cheesy Wicket application > > 5 Understanding models > > 6 Using basic components > > 7 Using forms for data entry > > 8 Composing your pages > > 9 Creating custom components > > 10 Creating rich components > > 11 Authorization and authentication > > 12 Working with resources > > 13 Localization and internationalization > > 14 Database driven applications > > 15 Putting your Wicket application in production > > 16 Component index > > > > We hope you will enjoy this book! > > > > Eelco Hillenius > > Martijn Dashorst > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
