Hi Jeremy, Thanks for the link, I'll look into it.
I agree with you completely that the best practices of Wicket should be baked into the code generator. My goal is to create a free open source framework which lets users generate Wicket apps. I am trying to create an initial code generator for Wicket, which professionals like yourself can then customize to create their own "flavors" of code generators. With Clickframes, you can tweak/override/extend select templates from one code generator to create another. In fact, I have sometimes customized templates for a specific app if I wanted slightly different implementation. I will do some more research into how Wicket works. What's a good resource, website or book to start? Vineet On Sun, Feb 7, 2010 at 11:19 PM, Jeremy Thomerson <jer...@wickettraining.com > wrote: > Look at jWeekend's "LegUp" as an example of a working app: > http://www.jweekend.com/dev/LegUp > > However, with no offense intended, here's my $0.02.... Creating a Wicket > app for people from a spec file is a great idea. But doing it without > understanding how Wicket works is a bad idea. You'll likely end up > introducing more bad practices to people who are new to Wicket. > > It's a great idea - and I think it could be a great thing for Wicket, but > I'd highly suggest that you team up with some Wicket professionals so that > you write it the right way. There are a few key things to understand about > Wicket that most newcomers don't "just get" until they've used it for a > while. > > -- > Jeremy Thomerson > http://www.wickettraining.com > > > > On Sat, Feb 6, 2010 at 3:27 PM, Vineet Manohar <vineet.mano...@gmail.com > >wrote: > > > Thanks. I will look at the maven archetype. > > > > More than just pages, I am looking at links, forms, inputs etc. For > > example, > > to create a link I am either use <a href=""> in the HTML, or I can use > > Wicket link component model, what's the difference and which one should I > > use? > > > > Btw, my goal is to automatically generate a working Wicket app with full > > database integration using JPA and security integration as well. The Seam > > code generation project that I did was a success, you can write a spec > like > > this one: > > > > > http://code.google.com/p/clickframes-seam-issuetracker-demo/source/browse/trunk/src/main/clickframes/appspec.xml > > > > and instantly get a working app like this: > > live demo link: > > http://demo.clickframes.org/tracker > > > > Of course you can add/remove pages from the app by changing the appspec > > xml. > > > > I am trying to replicate the same thing for Wicket, hoping to get some > help > > from user community! > > > > On Sat, Feb 6, 2010 at 4:09 PM, Riyad Kalla <rka...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Vineet, very cool stuff you are wooing on. As for best practices with > > > regard > > > to layout, there is actually a Maven Wicket archetype that would > probably > > > answer those questions well. From what I remember its pretty straight > > > forward maven web layout. And yes, HTML and Java source are in same > main > > > packages together. > > > > > > On Feb 6, 2010 1:33 PM, "Vineet Manohar" <vineet.mano...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > I am trying to write a code generator (using Clickframes code > generation > > > framework) which would generate a fully working Wicket project directly > > > from > > > the Spec. Is there a document which describes the best practice for > > > folder/package structure in a wicket project. > > > > > > To write the code generator, the only thing I need to know is the > Wicket > > > project structure that I should be created. For example: > > > 1) should html files be colocated in src/main/java/com/mypackage/ along > > > with > > > Java files (as in the helloworld example) or in src/main/webapp. > > > 2) should there be one html file per page (I am assuming yes) > > > ... and other such questions related to folder structure > > > > > > I am the lead developer of open source code generation framework > > > Clickframes > > > (http://www.clickframes.org) and have written a similar code generator > > for > > > JSF/Seam which instantly gives you a working app directly from the spec > > > which the developer can then customize. I think a similar approach for > > > Wicket would be very helpful to Wicket users who are trying to start a > > > brand > > > new project. > > > > > > Here's what I have so far. > > > http://code.google.com/p/clickframes-wicket-plugin/ > > > > > > I am a Wicket novice, so any help or direction is appreciated. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > Vineet Manohar > > > http://www.vineetmanohar.com > > > > > >
