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Please note that the intent of this page is to provide an index or introduction to the various places that Wicket information may be found, rather than a complete index in itself...list a few of the most useful places to look for Wicket information, rather than attempting to provide an exhaustively complete index.

Books

• Pro Wicket - "Pro Wicket" by Karthik Gurumurthy is now available as e-Book and hardcopy both.
  • This covers 1.2, and has some information about what (the abandoned) 2.0 will add/change.
• Wicket in Action -

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• "Wicket In Action" by Martijn Dashorst and Eelco Hillenius is available as e-Book and hardcopy.
  • It covers 1.3. Sample chapters available.
• Enjoying Web Development with Wicket - "Enjoying Web Development with Wicket" by Kent Tong is now available as e-Book.
  • It covers Wicket v7 and v6. The first two chapters are freely available.

Traditional Documentation

While there are a couple of books in the pipeline, at the moment the best places to look are the following...

1. Javadocs
   • 1.2-SNAPSHOT: http://wicketframework.org/apidocs/
   • 1.3-SNAPSHOT: http://wicketstuff.org/wicket13doc/
   • 1.3.2: http://wicket.apache.org/docs/wicket-1.3.2/
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   • wicket/apidocs/index.html
   • 1.4: http://wicket.apache.org/docs/1.4
   • As well as the standard Javadoc descripions descriptions of constructer constructor & method signatures, etc, these contain usages notes, descriptions, etc on the various Wicket elements.
2. Quick Tour & Examples - {{http://wicketframeworkwicket.apache.org/Examplesexamples.html^{Image Removed} & , http://www.wicket-library.com/wicket-examples/}}wicketstuff.org/wicket12/ and http://wicketstuff.org/wicket13/
   • These describe show how various common things may be done in Wicket, with the Quick Tour focussing on particular key elements, with a descriptive narative while the Wicket-Examples attempts to provide much more coverage of the range of components on offer.
   • Note the "Source Code" popup on the Wicket-Examples, to see exactly how things may be done.
   • Be sure to check the various sub-pages, particularly the Component Reference, the Repeater View Examples & the DisplayTag pages.
3. Wiki - http://wicketframeworkcwiki.apache.org/WICKET/wiki^{Image Removed}
   • I'd particularly suggest the Reference library - http://www.wicket-wiki.org.uk/wiki/index.php/Reference_libraryImage Removed
4. Tutorials
   • Tutorials by Kent Tong
   • IBM DeveloperWorks tutorial on Wicket
   • A series of tutorials on Wicket on JavaLobby by R.J. Lorimer

Interactive Interactive Documentation

1. The Wicket-User mailing list - http://www.nabble.com/Wicket-f13974.htmlImage Removed
2. The IRC channel - ##wicket #wicket on FreeNode (irc://irc.freenode.net/##wicketImage Removed)#wicket)
3. Wicket Support is a company that provides Wicket training.

Code as documentation

Along these lines, the main options for 'JumpStart' or 'Working Examples' are as follows:

1. Wicket-QuickStartQuickstart - http://wicketframeworkwicket.apache.org/wicket-quickstart/index.htmlImage Removed
   • Intended to be a batteries-included way of getting started
2. Wicket-Template - http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=134391&package_id=197274Image Removed
   • The equivalent from QuickStart for those developers with Maven2 and an internet connection.
   • Small (22KB), Maven2-based project which can be used to get started quickly.
3. • Uses a Maven2 archetype in order to create a basic ('QuickStart') project to get you up & running quickly. Also useful for creating a small project in order to investigate/demonstrate particular issues or problems.
4. Wicket-Iolite - http http://wicketstuff.org/confluence/display/STUFFWIKI/Wicket-Iolite
   • A Maven2 archetype which creates a two-module Wicket project (core & web) setup to use Spring & Hibernate/JPA for persistence
   Wicket-Phonebook - http://wicket-stuff.sourceforge.net/wicket-phonebook/Image Removed
   • A Spring & Hibernate/iBATIS application showing an example of displaying a list of tabular data along with the typical CrUD opertations on it.
5. QWicket - http://www.antwerkz.com/qwicket/app/homeImage Removed
   • Qwicket is a quickstart application for the wicket framework. Its intent is to provide a rapid method for creating a new wicket project with the basic infrastructure in place. Currently, it only supports Spring and Hibernate built with Ant but plans include such things as support for Maven 2 and other persistence layers such as iBATIS
6. Databinder - http://databinder.net/examples.htmlImage Removed
   • Databinder is a simple bridge from Wicket to Hibernate. Its site hosts five example database-driven webapps, each running live and with source for browsing (and one screencast). A Maven 2 archetype is available for generating Databinder projects from scratch.

"Use the Source, Luke"

1. FishEye Wicket-Phonebook - http://fisheye3wicket-stuff.cenqua.com/browse/wicketImage Removedsourceforge.net/wicket-phonebook/
   • A Spring & Hibernate/iBATIS application showing an example of displaying a list of tabular data along with the typical CrUD opertations on it.

"Use the Source, Luke"

1. The latest code's in Wicket's SVN repository - See the FishEye lets you see the source in the Wicket SVN repositry - See Wicket SVN page to find out how more about the various alternative branches and tags are being used.