Wicket in Action

A comprehensive guide for Java developers building Wicket-based web applications

Preventing double Ajax requests in 3 lines of code

December 5th, 2008 by dashorst

One question is recurring on our user list: how can I prevent a user from clicking an Ajax link multiple times? There are several solutions to this problem, but today I thought up possibly the simplest solution yet for Wicket applications using the infrastructure that is already in place for displaying custom Ajax indicators.
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Include rich web services in your Wicket application

December 5th, 2008 by dashorst

Ryan Heaton has published an introductory article on integrating his open source web services project called Enunciate in your Wicket application. It is a great introduction to Enunciate if you haven’t tried it yet, and shows how easy it is to get started. Now if only Ryan could be convinced to use Wicket in the generated web services documentation… Read the article here.

With this book, Wicket will become the greatest territory the Dutch have settled since Manhattan.

Nathan Hamblen
Senior Software Engineer, Teachscape Inc.

This is the complete and authoritative guide to Wicket, written and reviewed by the core members of the Apache Wicket team. If there's anything you want to know about Wicket, you are sure to find it in this book.

Jonathan Locke
Founder and Architect of Apache Wicket, Foreword Wicket in Action

Without question, Wicket in Action... is the be-all and end-all when it comes to Wicket.

Geertjan Wielenga, Wicket Netbeans Plugin Author

The tutorial and conversational tone of the writing makes the book very approachable.

Nick Heudecker
System Mobile

Loved the sample application—it tied everything together.

Phil Hanna
Senior Software Developer, SAS Institute

The essential guide for learning and using Wicket.

Erik van Oosten
Lead programmer and Project Manager, JTeam

Finally, the Web Framework of web frameworks, Apache Wicket, now has a bible of its own.

Per Ejeklint
Senior Software Architect, Heimore group

Wicket is an innovative evolution of the MVC programming with simple roots, but without a primer such as this, it can be more challenging than it needs to be.

Brian Topping
Founder, Bill2 Inc.

Wicket In Action glues the areas of web development with Apache Wicket together and gives a great overview of Apache Wicket...it will make a great compendium.

Nino Martinez Wael
Java Specialist, Jayway Denmark