Wicket Application Development

Author:

H. Turgut Uyar

Copyright:

© H. Turgut Uyar, 2010-2013.

License:

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Formats:

You can read this tutorial online at the following address:

http://web.itu.edu.tr/uyar/wicket-application-development/

You can also download it in various formats:

• PDF
• Zipped HTML

The code of the example application is kept in the following Mercurial repository:

https://pikacode.com/uyar/wicket-application-development/

Releases:

v1.1 - September 2013

• Updated for Wicket 6.0.10.
• Removed IDE discussions.

v1.0 - August 2010

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This tutorial aims to demonstrate how to build an application using the Apache Wicket web framework. You can find more information about the Wicket project on its web site:

http://wicket.apache.org/

Although the application code does not depend on any particular development environment, the narration makes use of Eclipse features and it can be easier to use Eclipse when repeating the steps explained in the tutorial.

Warning

Please keep in mind that this is not a “best practices” tutorial; it just tries to make it easier for a beginner to understand the Wicket framework. Although I have prepared this tutorial to the best of my understanding on the subject, it may still contain errors, omissions, and improper uses of Java or Wicket features.

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• 1. Basics
  • 1.1. Project Files
  • 1.2. Dynamic Content
  • 1.3. Adding Links
  • 1.4. Shorter Code
  • 1.5. Exercise
• 2. Application Structure
  • 2.1. Base Pages
  • 2.2. Panels
  • 2.3. Exercise
• 3. Data Model
  • 3.1. Movies
  • 3.2. Displaying Lists
  • 3.3. Movie Collections
  • 3.4. Exercise
• 4. Forms
  • 4.1. Text Boxes
  • 4.2. Check Boxes
  • 4.3. Exercise
• 5. Data Persistence
  • 5.1. Collection Interface
  • 5.2. JDBC
• 6. Solutions to Exercises