ZK - Simply Ajax and Mobile / News: Recent posts

Jeff Liu discusses Google's Geo Kit and integrates it with ZK Gmaps. For more information please click the link below.

http://books.zkoss.org/wiki/Small_Talks/2010/October/Google_Geo_Kit_With_Zk_Gmaps

ZK Spreadsheet 2.0 RC is the next generation embeddable Ajax spreadsheet made compatible with ZK 5 and implemented using Apache POI; making advanced spreadsheet functionalities available on browsers and programmable in Java.
Check out the the release note: http://www.zkoss.org/release/zkspreadsheet-2.0.0-RC.dsp
Download:
http://code.google.com/p/zkspreadsheet/downloads/list

There is a good opportunity at a large Fortune 500 company for experienced ZK developers who will join their team for 6 months with the possibility of an extension.

http://www.linkedin.com/groupItem?view=&gid=995137&type=member&item=30855626&qid=99f755cd-23d6-4a67-a0d3-a7c084e9ae5c&goback=.gna_995137

We are pleased to announce the release of our new book ZK 5.0.4 Style Guide which demonstrates how to style ZK 5. Any feedback you give or improvements you make are welcomed.

http://books.zkoss.org/wiki/ZK_Style_Guide

Jean Barmash will hold a session on ZK with Groovy and Grails at the Spring One conference on Friday October 22nd.

http://www.springone2gx.com/conference/chicago/2010/10/session?id=18973

Ashish Dasnurkar demonstrates how with the upcoming ZK 5.0.5 release ZK Spreadsheet can be embedded as a native JSF component in JSF 2.0 applications.

http://books.zkoss.org/wiki/Small_Talks/2010/September/ZK_Spreadsheet_as_a_native_JSF_component

Ozkey explains how he uses AspecJ for security in his ZK powered photo album.

http://ozkey.com/notes/2010/securityusingaspectj/

We are proud to announce the release of the ZK Spreadsheet’s 3rd Beta bringing with it 21 more features. One of the key features in beta 3 is the ability to export your ZK Spreadsheet in PDF format.

http://docs.zkoss.org/wiki/New_Features_of_ZK_Spreadsheet_2.0.0_Beta3
http://www.zkoss.org/download/zkspreadsheet.dsp

We are pleased to announce the release of ZK JSP 1.4.1 which now adds supports for the flashchar tag.

http://www.zkoss.org/download/zkjsp.dsp

ZK 5.0.4 is a release focusing on memory improvements and introducing requested new features. In addition to a significant reduction in memory usage ZK 5.0.4 also introduces many new features such as communication between iFrames, new horizontal and vertical layouts and enhanced components such as the slider and combobox.

http://www.zkoss.org/release/rn-5.0.4.dsp
http://docs.zkoss.org/wiki/New_Features_of_ZK_5.0.4

In addition to other features, ZK 5.0.4 will bring with it a number of memory handling improvements. Sam Chuang explored and documented the benefits of upgrading to ZK 5.0.4.

http://docs.zkoss.org/wiki/ZK_5.0.4's_memory_improvements

doubleSlash have announced the release of secureTransfer which is built on ZK technology enabling rapid development. SecureTransfer is web tool for secure file transfers in a corporate environment. SecureTransfer's "Community Edition" is available free of charge.

http://www.doubleslash.de/
http://www.doubleslash.de/de/produkte/marketingcockpit/secureTransfer.html

With the release of Liferay 6 comes a tutorial on how to run it with ZK 5. For a walkthrough on how to do this please click http://docs.zkoss.org/wiki/ZK/How-Tos/Installation/How_to_Install_ZK_on_Liferay#Running_ZK_5_with_Liferay_6

ZK 5.0.4 will be released soon. Please try out CE, PE/EE, and give us your valuable feedback.

CE: https://sourceforge.net/projects/zk1/files/ZK%20Freshly/zk-5.0.4-FL-2010-08-20
PE/EE: http://www.zkoss.org/download/freshly/

We are pleased to announce the introduction of two new components, hlayout and vlayout which enable you to layout your page in an easier and more controllable manner.

http://blog.zkoss.org/index.php/2010/08/17/two-new-layout-components-in-zk-5-0-4-hlayout-and-vlayout/

Herbert Daume of DIMOCO GmbH walks us through an improvement he has made to the AnnotateDataBinder Initializer.

http://docs.zkoss.org/wiki/Improved_AnnotateDataBinder_Initializer

Tom Yeh talks us through how to create create a totally different look for a widget depending on external factors such as a different user.

http://blog.zkoss.org/index.php/2010/08/02/totally-different-look-per-user-without-modifying-application/

ZK Spreadsheet 2.0 Beta2 has been released providing all the functionality you enjoyed from previous versions and adding to it. New features include, but are not limited to, Drag and Drop editing, Hyperlink follow-up and Rich text within cells.

http://www.zkoss.org/release/zkspreadsheet-2.0.0-beta2.dsp
http://docs.zkoss.org/wiki/New_Features_of_ZK_Spreadsheet_2.0.0_Beta2

Star contributor Sotohiro has released Netbeans REM 5.0.3, an updated IDE for ZK 5.0.3.

http://sourceforge.net/projects/rem1/files/rem%205.0.3/net-sf-rem503ce.nbm/download
http://sourceforge.net/projects/rem1/files/rem%205.0.3/net-sf-rem503.nbm/download

Omnisys developed an enterprise grade free systems monitoring and management platform using ZK. Brendan Smith of Omnisys states "Once I had decided that the Java + Hibernate + Ajax architecture best fit my goals, ZK was a clear front-runner."

http://www.zkoss.org/whosusingzk/Omnisys_case_study.pdf

We are pleased to announce the release of our new book ZK 5.0.3 Component Development Essentials which guides you through component creation with ZK 5. Any feedback you give or improvements you make are welcomed.

http://books.zkoss.org/wiki/ZK_Component_Development_Essentials

Tom Yeh introduces the new concept called group along with a new event queue named the group-scoped event queue. This enables easy communication between multiple iframes in the same browser window.

http://blog.zkoss.org/index.php/2010/07/13/event-queue-communication-among-inline-frames-without-server-push/

Top contributor Stephan Gerth blogs about his advanced modal search box creation. For more information and the source code of the component please click http://www.forsthaus.de/blog/?p=340 .

Maik jablonski has released Jease 1.0 based upon the latest ZK release 5.0.3. Jease provides a rock stable building block for creating customized Content-Management-Systems with Java without having to worry about complicated technologies like persistence.

http://jease.org/
http://www.jease.org/download/1.0/release

ZKuery is a complete, feature rich widget set for jQuery programmers with over 90 state of the art Ajax widgets including Grid, Listbox and Trees.

http://code.google.com/p/zkuery/