Learning to use Wicket

This week, I am learning how to use Wicket (http://wicket.apache.org/). It is Java web frameworks lets you do web application programming (in Java). There are many other programs out there that can do it, but Wicket is better than the majority of those out there. Even the software development class’ professor, Dr. P. Johnson wants us to learn Wicket. I was looking through examples from the book Wicket In Action by Martijn Dashorst and Eelco Hillenius. Looking at the examples and trying them out on a computer gives a better understanding of how Wicket works and what necessary files needed to make it work.

To start things off, I did not finish the assignment. I am planning on completing it by the end of tonight or the latest Tuesday night. Throughout Thursday my nose was bleeding out blood, twice in the morning and one in the afternoon. I was freaking out because this was so random so I stayed in bed. Went to the physician and got some medicines. I worked on it Friday night for about 30-45 minutes, got the program’s environment variables running, and got some of the necessary files working. I am depressed from Sunday, got into some personal problems. Also, I lost my earring when I took it off in the shower so I can wash my hair.

One problem was that I did not know where to start, what files to make. So I asked some fellow classmates who were also working on it. This is the first time I am programming web application in Java. All these years, I have been programming in HTML, dynamic HTML, and one period been using ColdFusion. I am learning a lot of things from Wicket, making sessions, displaying things and etc.

Following is the distributable file containing the program (still not finish): http://sites.google.com/site/phillipkhlau/files/stack-wicket-klau4-1.0.1124.zip