Wicket in Action

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

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June 17th, 2009 by dashorst

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Wicket in Action is 2008 bestseller

January 8th, 2009 by dashorst

Wicket in Action was the sixth best selling book for Manning in 2008! To join all the other people who have gone ahead of you, you can get Wicket in Action (or any other purchase at manning.com over $20) at a 31% discount! Just fill in ja1331 when you check out as the coupon code.

Here are the 2008 top 10 bestsellers from Manning:

  1. jQuery in Action
  2. Zend Framework in Action
  3. iText in Action
  4. Seam in Action
  5. iPhone in Action
  6. Wicket in Action
  7. Open Source ESBs in Action
  8. Flex 3 In Action
  9. Spring in Action, Second Edition
  10. NHibernate in Action

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December 9th, 2008 by dashorst

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The books I think are a great asset to your library:

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