I’m not really interested in comparing apples to oranges. I’m more interested in how we can make it really easy to develop Facebook apps on the Java platform - using whatever kind of tool. As I said, it’s cool that Wicket is allowing this. I like Wicket and its approach. What I would like to see is the next step - a pre-built Wicket package that hides all the Facebook plumbing (which is not that easy to decipher) - a Facebook Java developer platform. It seems the core of the code is there, perhaps it’s in the works. If I had spare time, I’d love to contribute to such a thing.

With these kinds of platforms we might see more interesting Facebook apps.

How many lines of code in that 100 line wicket app are generic and can be packaged into a jar an application author can drop in? If I look at the wiki page you’ve created I would say that the actual Wicket application code consists of: 1 line of markup, and 6 lines of actual java code (not counting class/method declarations that ides generate for you).

As far as refreshing goes you are not completely on target. If you launch a wicket app in debug mode java’s hotswap can accommodate you a pretty big percentage of time. In development mode wicket also reloads markup and property files automatically when they are modified.

So next time, try to get your facts a little more straight. No Wicket doesnt have built in REST querying support , its a web application framework.

Your code looks nice and compact. The comparison with that Wicket WIKI item (that somehow got posted to DZone) isn’t entirely fair though, because what you see there is actually the integration code. Also, test - code - test works fine with Wicket, especially when using something like JavaRebel.

It’s a nice thing to look at though. ATM, Wicket doesn’t really have specialized components for handling external REST content. Would be a fun exercise to write something sleek.

Cheers,

Eelco

That will lessen the learning curve.

That will make lessen the learning curve.

My name is Jason Campbell and I am a contributing writer at http://www.cmswire.com. I wanted to point you toward a recent piece that we published that follows on with the discussion and attempts to include some of the items that you link to.

http://www.cmswire.com/cms/enterprise-cms/alfresco-goes-light-with-web-scripts-pattern-001622.php

I would love to hear any feedback you have about the piece or any further discussion on the topic.

Thanks,

Jason Campbell
Contributing Writer - CMSWire.com
jason@cmswire.com