Great stuff! Will get a copy! Cheers Niv
On Sat, Mar 26, 2011 at 1:52 AM, Brown, Berlin [GCG-PFS] < [email protected]> wrote: > Congrats. > > I trust Igor > > -----Original Message----- > From: Igor Vaynberg [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, March 25, 2011 1:44 PM > To: [email protected]; [email protected]; > [email protected] > Subject: Apache Wicket Cookbook Published! > > For the past nine months I have been quietly working on a book about > Wicket. Unlike other books on the market this one does not attempt to > teach you Wicket from the ground up. Instead, it is for developers who > already know the basics and want to learn how to implement some of the > more advanced use cases. Essentially, it contains recipes that show the > reader how to implement solutions to some of, what I think are, the most > commonly asked questions and stumbling blocks. This morning I was > informed that the book has been published! You can read more about it > and pick up a copy on PACKT's Site[1]. I hope you enjoy it, more details > below... > > [1] https://www.packtpub.com/apache-wicket-cookbook/book > > ## Description ## > > Apache Wicket is one of the most famous Java web application frameworks. > Wicket simplifies web development and makes it fun. Are you bored of > going through countless pages of theory to find out how to get your web > development done? With this book in hand, you don't need to go through > hundreds of pages to figure out how you will actually build a web > application. You will get practical solutions to your common everyday > development tasks to pace up your development activities. > > Apache Wicket Cookbook provides you with information that gets your > problems solved quickly without beating around the bush. This book is > perfect for you if you are ready to take the next step from tutorials > and step into the practical world. It will take you beyond the basics of > using Apache Wicket and show you how to leverage Wicket's advanced > features to create simpler and more maintainable solutions to what at > first may seem complex problems. > > You will learn how to integrate with client-side technologies such as > JavaScript libraries or Flash components, which will help you to build > your application faster. You will discover how to use Wicket paradigms > to factor out commonly used code into custom Components, which will > reduce the maintenance cost of your application, and how to leverage the > existing Wicket Components to make your own code simpler. > > A straightforward Cookbook with highly focused practical recipes to make > your web application development easier with the Wicket web framework > > ## What you will learn from this book ## > > * Leverage Wicket to implement a wide variety of both simple and > advanced use cases in a narrative that gets straight to the point > * Make forms work in the crazy world of the Web by learning the ways of > Wicket's form processing > * Simplify localizing your Wicket applications > * Take the boring out of your forms by discovering how to improve the > user experience while simplifying your code at the same time > * Leverage the built-in Table component to make displaying tabular data > a snap > * Think Wicket's Borders are not very useful? Learn to use them in > unexpected places to simplify things > * See how to integrate with Flash components and create interactive > charts at the same time > * Web 1.0 too boring? Learn how to tame Wicket's AJAX support and bring > your application into Web 2.0 > * Simplify your security code by learning various security techniques > * An application cannot be built with Wicket alone; see how to make it > play nice with other frameworks > > ## Approach ## > > This is a hands-on practical guide to a large variety of topics and use > cases. This book tries to use real-world examples when possible, but is > not afraid to come up with a contrived pretext if it makes explaining > the problem simpler. Unlike a lot of other books, this one does not try > to maintain a continuous theme from chapter to chapter, such as > demonstrating solutions on the same fictional application; doing so > would be almost impossible given the wide variety of recipes presented > here. Instead, this book concentrates on focused problems users are > likely to encounter and shows clear solutions in a step-by-step manner. > This book tries to teach by example and is not afraid to show a lot of > code because, after all, it is for coders. > > ## Who this book is written for ## > > This book is for current users of the Apache Wicket framework; it is not > an introduction to Wicket that will bore you with tons of theory. > You are expected to have built or maintained a simple Wicket application > in the past and to be looking to learn new and better ways of using > Wicket. If you are ready to take your Wicket skills to the next level > this book is for you. > > Cheers, and I hope you enjoy the book! > -Igor > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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] > >
