* Leverage what you know about Java or your favourite HTML editor to write Wicket applications. With pure Java code and HTML markup Wicket is the go-to web framework for purists. * URLs do not expose sensitive information and all component paths are session-relative. Wicket keeps your model private except those parts you explicitly expose. * Write Ajax applications without having to write a single line of JavaScript code. Wicket's Ajax functionality makes it trivial to update selected parts of a UI, and comes with a great selection of basic Ajax components. * Create high level components with ease and bundle its stylesheets, JavaScript and other resources into one reusable package. * Wicket lets you get started in your own language, or a second language with no effort. You can provide alternative languages on the application, page, or even component level. * Global JavaScript libraries and CSS styling mix properly with component local JavaScript and CSS resources. You can use custom component libraries that ship with default JavaScript behaviour and CSS styling, without having to do anything yourself. Creating such self-contained component libraries is as easy as creating a JAR file. * Wicket's automatic state storage ensures that your users can open pages in new tabs and windows without causing problems. * Test your pages without having to run inside a browser, or start a container. Test your components directly, check their rendered markup tags, attributes and contents with ease.

* RAP lets you develop modern web UIs with a real widget toolkit with SWT API, which includes powerful features like drag & drop, loading data on demand, inline editing, and drawing. * RAP runs in all relevant web browsers, without any add-ons required. Many advanced features like gradients are rendered even in browsers without CSS3 support. * RAP uses standard servlet technology and runs on any JEE servlet container. It integrates well with OSGi, but can also be used stand-alone. * RAP applications are written in Java, and you have the full power of Eclipse's development tools at hand. * With RAP, you can re-use your code for different target platforms. Even code that has been written for Eclipse RCP can run in a web browser.