GeekNews: A Real-World Application Using Wicket

This week in the Java Reference Guide I continue my series on Wicket by building a more substantial example. In this example I build a simple content management tool that illustrates how to add Wicket markup to different components, how to define and handle links, and how to display HTML content that is repeated using a ListView. Next week I'll continue the example to demonstrate how to build forms and validate their content in the context of adding articles to the sample application.

In industry news, CNET reported that the European Commission (EC) formally objects to Oracle buying Sun. The EC, if you are not familiar with them, "acts as an executive of the European Union ... the body is responsible for proposing legislation, implementing decisions, upholding the Union's treaties and the general day-to-day running of the Union." (Source: Wikipedia) This could spell some trouble for Oracle because of antitrust issues operating in Europe, but Oracle responded saying that the objection "reveals a profound misunderstanding of both database competition and open-source dynamics." Time will tell, but it is going to be interesting to see how this all plays out!

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