ZK: Ajax without the Javascript Framework (FirstPress) 1st ed. Edition

by Henri Chen (Author), Amy Cheng (Author)

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ZK is the most popular open source SourceForge Ajax web framework that enables rich user interface for web applications with no JavaScript and little programming. This firstPress book will cover the following:

Shows you how to use this simplest Ajax framework to write real-world responsive web applications
Covers ZK's more than 70 XUL and 80 XHTML rich GUI components
Authoritatively written by cofounder/lead of the ZK project

What you’ll learn

Perform Ajax development without the use of JavaScript
Write your first ZK framework–based application: “Hello World!”
Augmenting with Eclipse IDE, build a more dynamic, responsive “Hello World!” application
Use ZKs more than 70 XUL and 80 XHTML rich GUI components
Explore megacomponents for Google Maps and more
Build a real-world application such as a pet store by using ZK in the presentation tier and beyond
Integrate and use ZK with other frameworks like Hibernate

Who this book is for

Web application designers and programmers who wish to implement rich Ajax web applications in the simplest way.

What Is the ZK Ajax Framework
Getting Started with ZK
Building Your First ZK Application
Introducing the Versatile ZK Components
Setting Up the Development Environment
Creating a Real WebApplication
Linking the GUI to a Database
Binding Data Automatically

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About the Author

Henri Chen is cofounder of the ZK Ajax Framework. He has more than 20 years of programming experience in various areas and programming languages. He has been writing Java programs since the initial release of the Java language in 1995 and ported JavaOS and HotJava to the world's first StrongARM-based network computer, which won the "Best of System" award in Comdex 1996. He is also an expert in thin-client programming, embedded systems, and Ajax web programming.

Robbie Cheng is an engineer on the ZK team. Though his major was English literature in college, he got his master's in business administration in management of information systems. He has been an instructor in the use of the ZK Framework and the developer of zk registry, and has published many articles on the ZK web site. In addition to programming, his hobby is watching movies, and his favorite movie is "The Bridges of Madison County".

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Series: FirstPress
Paperback: 125 pages
Publisher: Apress; 1st ed. edition (September 12, 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1590599012
ISBN-13: 978-1590599013
Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 0.4 x 9.2 inches
Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 2.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,423,235 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #164 in Books > Computers & Technology > Programming > Languages & Tools > Ajax
- #2491 in Books > Computers & Technology > Programming > Web Programming > JavaScript
- #3847 in Books > Computers & Technology > Programming > Languages & Tools > Java

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Quick Overview, Printed Oddly

ByWill Iversonon October 1, 2007

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I'm a fan of Java-based frameworks (such as Echo 2) and was looking forward to this book on ZK as a nice introduction to the framework.

The book is slim but delivers on exactly the kind of content I was hoping for. It starts with a great overview, and then has a few real world examples.

I would have loved to see more information on working in pure Java (richlets), but otherwise found the content to be great for the size.

The only oddity is that my copy appears to have been printed off a screen-resolution PDF - all of the text, images, etc. look worse than if I ran it off on my home laser printer. I'm going to chalk this up to an oddity of how this particular edition was run off, but I would hope that this is a rare QC issue that would be quickly fixed.

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Good as an introduction, but far too thin for practical use.

ByScott Naefon February 17, 2008

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I bought this book in hopes it would be full and complete reference. I was mistaken. As far as OpenSouce projects go ZK has a great amount of information available on their website and it was a great resource as I got started using ZK. However, I quickly ran into areas where things were not documented fully or were explained from an angle that I was not coming from.

I turned to this book in hopes that it would be more complete than the website documentation. I found this not to be the case. There are some good exaples in the book, but it is already far too outdated. If you need a good starting text it is OK, but until a new book is released (no info here, just a wish) I would suggest sticking with the web resources.

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Suitable for medium knowledge

ByRobertoon May 28, 2013

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First you need to know introdutory content. This is after... I think it isn't good to me because working I discovered many bugs inside ZK framework, but not invalidate the contents of the book. I think we need a new edition to accompany the current version of ZK (2013-05-28).

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too little, too late

Bymusic_ lover_NLon May 27, 2008

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The ZK framework is very much a moving target, it s in a constant development. There is a lot of documentation to be found on the internet, which renders the book somewhat less useful. The examples are sometimes not correct and generate confusion.
ZK is a framework that needs other frameworks and products to construct working applications. I expected the book to provide some best practices and guidance on how to do things the easy way, but I was disappointed in that.

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Do not waste your money

ByIvan R.on July 12, 2009

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It's a bad book.
Few words and a lot of images. Chapters wasted on installing sun JDK, installing Eclipse, installing Tomcat.
Very little on real ZK and how it works !

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Very easy to read

ByPico esquinaon January 20, 2008

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It's a very begining book for ZK, with examples and easy to read for non english people like me. A good introduction to this amazing project.

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