As a Java UI Framework let me say Wicket Rocks!

Everybody knows that Wicket rocks as the best Java UI framework available. Sure there's people out there still using JSP (with/without struts), Spring MVC (Huh?), JSF, even raw servlets and a host of many other Java frameworks but let me repeat; "Everybody knows that Wicket rocks as the best Java UI framework available".

I suppose I should clarify that a bit.... everyone who has ever used Wicket knows that it rocks....

You see, if you're a Java programmer who "gets" the whole Object Oriented paradigm and loves the reusability that comes from plug and play component architectures and from clever use of inheritance then you simply won't find ANY other framework that satisfies your need for such architectural candy at the UI level but that still allows the visual candy that expert web designers can create when they have full control over HTML and CSS.

All I can say is "Get into it already". Get started. Read up on it. We've been using Wicket since 2006 and have never looked back. The community is alive and vibrant and any issues are usually fixed within a day.

The current release is version 1.5 although version 1.6 is under development. If you're starting out I'd stick to version 1.5 as that and version 1.4 are what most developers are using at the moment.

Here's the Wicket website

Here's an excellent piece on Wicket best practices

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