Welcome to Apache Wicket
With proper mark-up/logic separation, a POJO data model, and a refreshing lack of XML, Apache Wicket makes developing web-apps simple and enjoyable again. Swap the boilerplate, complex debugging and brittle code for powerful, reusable components written with plain Java and HTML.
- Check the feature list
- Read some Wicket buzz, some Wicket blogs or Planet Wicket
- Find out why you should use Wicket
- Check out some selected examples in detail or see them and many more in live action
- Take a look at our live component reference
- Go and download Wicket.
- See what extras are available
Wicket is released under the Apache License, Version 2.0.
Apache Wicket 1.3.4 is released!
June 27, 2008The Apache Wicket team is proud to announce the availability of the fourth
maintenance release: Apache Wicket 1.3.4. A lot of bugs have been squashed and
several improvements implemented. Two noteworthy bugs have been squashed:
- cross session leakage due to a dangling thread local in exceptional circumstances
- memory leak in localizer (WICKET-1667)
It is therefore recommended you update to Wicket 1.3.4 at your earliest
convenience.
Eager people click here to download the distribution, others can read the release notes:
We thank you for your patience and support.
- The Wicket Team
Apache Wicket 1.4-m2 is released!
June 2, 2008Help the Apache Wicket team to determine the future of your Wicket based web application development. We have released our second milestone release of our Java 5 based web framework and are anxious to receive feedback on our use of generics. Download Wicket 1.4-m2 now and help us decide whether to tone down, remove or increase the application of Java 5 generics to our API. We have started the discussion on the user mailing list:
- Find out what is new and noteworthy
- Download 1.4-m2 now!
- Release notes
We thank you for your patience and support.
The Wicket Team
Books about Wicket
The following books are published regarding Apache Wicket (click a cover to learn more about the book):
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Community meetings
The Wicket community is a very active community. The mailing lists and the irc channel are proof of that. But for those that prefer face to face meetings, several community members have organized meetups.
| Country | Where | When |
|---|---|---|
| Denmark | Copenhagen |
April 23rd, 08 |
| The Netherlands | Amsterdam |
April 8th |
| Belgium | Antwerp |
JavaPolis'07 (dec 12th-14th) |
| Austria | Linz/Hagenberg |
to be determined |
| Sweden | Stockholm |
Januari |
| The United Kingdom | London |
The first Wednesday of every month |
| Brazil | Rio de Janeiro |
to be determined |
| USA | Minneapolis |
to be determined |
| USA | San Francisco |
to be determined |
| USA | Seattle |
to be determined |
If you are interested in attending one of these events, please add yourself to the appropriate event, or if you want to organize such a meetup yourself, add it to the community meetups page