Comments on: Magyar Wicket portal http://martijndashorst.com/blog/2006/05/30/magyar-wicket-portal/ Ramblings on Java, Wicket, cats and other stuff Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:25:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Janos http://martijndashorst.com/blog/2006/05/30/magyar-wicket-portal/#comment-56 Janos Tue, 30 May 2006 18:06:14 +0000 http://martijndashorst.com/2006/05/30/magyar-wicket-portal/#comment-56 Thanks guys, "can't remember seeing him on our mailinglists" I was subscribed when 1.1 came out, but had no time to read the mails. I don't remember sending any e-mails. Szeretgom.hu is actually just a small project I'm doing in my spare time to help out the local community. Sanjiv is right, it's not a real portal in the sense SAP, IBM, Sun and others are using the word - it is becoming more like a content management web application that is used for a local community of maximum 30-50 thousand people. BTW, I spent only two weekends writing code and browsing documentation or the examples - so it's a maximum of 35-40 man-hours of work you are seeing there. Also I'm not a designer and although the whole thing is CSS based I don't like spending much time doing gimp work, finding colours that match, etc. I've used many technologies before (started my web development with perl, then php, moved to java servlets, jsp, struts, jsf) and so far I find wicket to be a very productive tool. Oh, and it's still 1.2rc3 under the covers - but it's running on a beta app server...:) BTW, I have a quite basic BBLabel and BBMultiLineLabel component that may be of use to someone else - should I contribute them to wicket-stuff? Thanks guys,

“can’t remember seeing him on our mailinglists”

I was subscribed when 1.1 came out, but had no time to read the mails. I don’t remember sending any e-mails.

Szeretgom.hu is actually just a small project I’m doing in my spare time to help out the local community. Sanjiv is right, it’s not a real portal in the sense SAP, IBM, Sun and others are using the word - it is becoming more like a content management web application that is used for a local community of maximum 30-50 thousand people.

BTW, I spent only two weekends writing code and browsing documentation or the examples - so it’s a maximum of 35-40 man-hours of work you are seeing there. Also I’m not a designer and although the whole thing is CSS based I don’t like spending much time doing gimp work, finding colours that match, etc.

I’ve used many technologies before (started my web development with perl, then php, moved to java servlets, jsp, struts, jsf) and so far I find wicket to be a very productive tool.

Oh, and it’s still 1.2rc3 under the covers - but it’s running on a beta app server…:)

BTW, I have a quite basic BBLabel and BBMultiLineLabel component that may be of use to someone else - should I contribute them to wicket-stuff?

]]> By: Sanjiv Jivan http://martijndashorst.com/blog/2006/05/30/magyar-wicket-portal/#comment-55 Sanjiv Jivan Tue, 30 May 2006 15:15:43 +0000 http://martijndashorst.com/2006/05/30/magyar-wicket-portal/#comment-55 Honestly I'm not too impressed with the looks of this portal. Compare this to the google personalized page, netvibes, the liferay demo, infoq etc.. They all provide a much nicer UI and better interactivity. The hungarian portal looks pretty 90's. Additionally all the "portlets" seem to be sourced from the same web app making this more of a traditional web app rather than a portal. Honestly I’m not too impressed with the looks of this portal. Compare this to the google personalized page, netvibes, the liferay demo, infoq etc.. They all provide a much nicer UI and better interactivity.

The hungarian portal looks pretty 90’s. Additionally all the “portlets” seem to be sourced from the same web app making this more of a traditional web app rather than a portal.

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