Wicket in Action

Wicket Training at ApacheCon US 2009

jrthomerson — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 14:31:20 +0000

I am very happy to announce that there will be a one day training course at the 2009 ApacheCon conference in Oakland, CA (USA). Before I tell you more about it, consider the following “top ten” list: Top Ten Reasons You Should Attend ApacheCon US 2009: 10: Hacking is encouraged at the Apache Hackathon two day event. 9: [...]

Wicket in Action review by jduchess

dashorst — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 09:10:50 +0000

The Dutch female Java developer community website jduchess has written up a review of Wicket in Action. They provide a nice summary per chapter detailing the contents of each, and conclude: Wicket in Action is the perfect book if you want to get started with Wicket. [...] It’s also a good book if you’ve already been [...]

Get Wicket in Action at 50%

dashorst — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 20:19:21 +0000

Manning is celebrating 500 twitter followers with a 50% discount until June 18th: use the coupon code twtr0618 when going through checkout at the Manning online store. This means Wicket in Action for half the price, quite a bargain!

Wicket HTML validator 1.2

dashorst — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 09:40:27 +0000

I just performed the 1.2 release of WicketStuff HTML Validator, thanks to Emond Papegaaij, a Topicus Onderwijs co-worker. This new release adds the ability to ignore Wicket specific bugs when using the & entity in JavaScript calls, and adds the ability to ignore <input type=”text” autocomplete=”false” /> validation errors. Even though you specify that your [...]

Wicket/Spring/Hibernate configuration

dashorst — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 08:24:02 +0000

Setting up Wicket, Spring and Hibernate to get started with a database oriented application is always a chore. With this setup you don't have to figure it out yourself and you'll get an in-memory database, classpath scanning, JPA and Spring enabled Wicket application.

Apache Wicket 1.3.6 released!

dashorst — Mon, 04 May 2009 15:01:09 +0000

The Apache Wicket team is proud to announce the availability of the sixth maintenance release: Apache Wicket 1.3.6. A lot of bugs have been squashed and several improvements implemented. It is recommended you update to Wicket 1.3.6 at your earliest convenience. Eager people click here to download the distribution, others can read further: http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/wicket/1.3.6 We thank you for [...]

Wicket Paris Meetup was a blast!

dashorst — Mon, 04 May 2009 09:13:19 +0000

I just returned from Paris where I was speaking (as the sole presenter!) at the Wicket meetup organized by Zenika. The event was really well organized (champagne before and after) and the audience was kind and attentive. I enjoyed the experience very much. Zenika ét tous qui étaient lá: merçi beaucoup! Just a couple of tips [...]

Talking in Paris tomorrow

dashorst — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 16:20:43 +0000

I’m doing a Wicket in Action talk in Paris (France) tomorrow (Avril 29, 2009) evening, and looking forward to meeting the french Wicket Community. This is a 2 hour event, starting at 18:30 in Club Confair, 51 Rue Laffitte, Paris. You can register online for free! This event is brought to you for free by [...]

Monitoring your app with a rabid rabbit

dashorst — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 11:24:36 +0000

In my talk for the Wicket Meetup in Amsterdam last tuesday, I showed a WiFi Rabbit called Nabaztag. This rabbit is used in our company to monitor our applications, build server and issue tracker. The rabbit maintains a connection through Wifi with a bunch of servers in France. These servers provide all communication to your rabbit: [...]

Wicket Meetup Amsterdam 2009 video online

dashorst — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 22:34:39 +0000

Most attendees to the Wicket meetup yesterday evening may have noticed the BFC (Big F’ing Camera) that was shooting those annoying pictures. These pictures made a very nice short movie (using iPhoto’09). If you were not able to attend for one reason or another, here’s a short impression and see for yourself why you should [...]