The Apache Software Foundation announces Apache Wicket v7.0 Open Source Java web framework that powers thousands of web applications and web sites for governments, stores, universities, cities, banks, email providers, and more.
Customer Reviews
Marco S.
Advanced user of Apache WicketThe biggest appealing of Wicket is that is a Java based framework. Learning how to use the templates is easy and takes of the learning curve of javascript our typescript technologies. Some of the features that i most liked were: litte configuration, maven support, integration with spring, the fact is a component oriented framework, easy control on the templates, the model and forms and how easy is to integrate with java beans, out of the box components like check box's, radio-buttons etc, localization, web-sockets just to mention some.
It lacks of the maturity, power and robustness that frameworks like Angular give. On the other hand the learning curve of these technologies are much higher.
The power that type script languages can bring is huge. Another thing that i think is negative has to do that there is no clear separation of front and backend creating a big dependency on a webserver to deploy it
If the team are java experts but lacks experience on typescript, Apache wicket is an excellent choice
I built a web application for a Real State company from the scratch and delivered in production. The biggest benefit was a very low learning curve that allowed me to deliver features faster
Wicket allow me to build a robust, and easy to maintain application. The framework allowed me to test and debug easily even on the front end. The look and feel of the application was good enough. Because it is a java based application it was not hard to setup a Continuous integration system with it. It can easily deployed on a tomcat server without greater requirements.
