When starting to build a new website, you are facing a major challenge. Which framework should you use? Angular, React, Vue, Svelte? They are all based on JavaScript and can be the right choice depending on your needs.
But… do you really need one of these frameworks? Why would you not just stick to Java and use one of the many great libraries that are available for it?
Video
Podcast (audio only)
Guests
Martijn Dashorst
https://www.linkedin.com/in/dashorst/
https://mastodon.social/@dashorst
Marcus Hellberg
https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcushellberg/
https://mstdn.social/@marcushellberg
https://twitter.com/marcushellberg
Podcast
Host: Frank Delporte
https://foojay.social/@frankdelporte
https://www.linkedin.com/in/frankdelporte/
Links
Wicket
https://builtwithwicket.tumblr.com
https://nightlies.apache.org/wicket/guide/10.x/single.html
https://wicket.apache.org/start/quickstart.html
https://wicket.apache.org/learn/#migrations
https://github.com/apache/wicket
https://twitter.com/apache_wicket
Vaadin
https://foojay.io/today/video-vaadin-drag-drop-support-its-so-easy/
https://foojay.io/today/enterprise-java-application-development-with-jakarta-ee-and-vaadin/
https://foojay.io/today/how-to-style-a-vaadin-application/
https://foojay.io/today/blink-a-led-on-raspberry-pi-with-vaadin/
Thymeleaf / htmx
https://foojay.io/today/book-review-modern-frontends-with-htmx/
https://foojay.io/today/new-book-taming-thymeleaf/
https://foojay.io/today/controlling-an-lcd-display-with-spring-and-thymeleaf-on-the-raspberry-pi/
Content
00:00 Introduction of the topic and guests
01:37 About Apache Wicket
03:26 About Vaadin
06:37 How these frameworks exchange data between server and client
09:38 Comparing to Thymeleaf
11:16 About htmx
https://foojay.io/today/book-review-modern-frontends-with-htmx/
14:42 How the Apache Foundation works
https://apache.org/
19:20 License model of Vaadin
21:26 Wicket and Vaadin “in the wild”
https://vaadin.com/blog/liukuri-uses-vaadin-flow-to-help-finnish-households-navigate-the-energy-crisis
https://liukuri.fi/
https://api.pi4j.com/
https://4drums.media/
26:03 Java developers can build full web applications with only Java without being full-stack
27:47 Could JavaFX become a web-development framework?
29:35 About WebComponents
32:14 How the company Vaadin is making money from opensource
34:31 The future of Wicket, htmx, Vaadin,…
39:55 Which kind of project to build with Wicket or Vaadin
46:18 Links
48:54 Searching Vaadin docs with AI
https://marcushellberg.dev/how-to-build-a-custom-chatgpt-assistant-for-your-documentation
51:21 Conclusions
Music
Barbershop John
Hermine Deurloo
Synapse by Shane Ivers – https://www.silvermansound.com
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