How to Write ZK Components

Dietrich Kappe, Sunday, April 29, 2007 @ 9:33 pm

A big selling point of the server side component Ajax frameworks like ZK and Echo2 is the ability to leverage a library of components so you can stick to the server side environment and not have to bother with Javascript, CSS, etc. Of course in order for this to work out, there has to be a healthy library of components, and for there to be such a healthy library, the writing of those components has to be easy or at least well documented. Over at Javaworld, they've got a three part series on how to write ZK Forge components (part 1, part 2, part 3).

The three parts show how to write a Hello World, a custom button, and a custom panel component, respectively. Note, since this is where the rubber meets the road, i.e. the Java framework meets the browser in all its Javascript/CSS/XHTML glory, you will need to have some of those skills to really benefit from these tutorials.

Technorati : ajax, components, tutorial, zk

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