Timothy Mills-Clare

After a lot of effort by the ZK team we have released a preview version of our latest product, ZK 5! The preview holds many new benefits over the ZK 3 series, firstly the move to the LGPL license is fantastic for those looking to integrate ZK with other frameworks that have different licensing models. I feel that the move to jQuery also provides a strong foundation for the framework and thus the new Client+Server Fusion architecture. Client+Server Fusion architecture is a phrase coined by ourselves to describe the ability to leverage both server side and client side programming. More information on the release can be found here. COSCUP 2009 COSCUP is a Conference for Open Source Coders, Users and Promoters in Taiwan. The conference has been running for four years and I am excited to be a part for it this year. I will be doing a presentation on what I see as the future... (more)

COSCUP 2009 – The future of Ajax and ZK 5

As quite a few people will be aware I went to COSCUP 2009 this weekend to present my thoughts on the future of Ajax and ZK 5. I did not know what to expect from COSCUP as this was the first time I have ever given any sort of presentation in Asia so I must admit I was relatively apprehensive about it before arriving! Saturday morning My day actually began at approximately 7am when I awoke to prepare myself and give my presentation a quick rundown before heading out to find the venue. I have to say that organization of the event was superb and everything was planned to a T. I arriv... (more)

ZK 5.0 RC2 Released

The ZK team is pleased to release ZK 5 RC2 with its developer-centric and architectural innovation such as Server+Client Fusion and Ajax-as-a-Service. In addition to the architectural innovations the RC2 boasts new components and features such as: New Colorbox component – Allows the picking of a color using an Ajax driven dialog New Flashchart component – Provides new charting functionality based on Flash Enhanced grid functionality – Includes, but not limited to, Freezing and auto sizing columns Performance – Ability to use the cacheable ThemeProvider and reusing the Desktop For ... (more)

ZK 5 RC Released

The ZK team is pleased to release ZK 5 RC with its developer-centric and architectural innovation such as Server+Client Fusion and Ajax-as-a-Service. Since 2005 ZK has been renowned for its' server-centric approach, providing the ultimate in productivity gains. In addition, developers can now optionally leverage the full controllability of client-side programming. It is not about server-centric or client-centric, it is about developer-centric! With the release of ZK 5 RC come some very important changes. Server+Client Fusion: With ZK 5's new architecture, developers can not only ... (more)

Integrating ZK Calendar with a database

Last month I posted a Small Talk discussing the use of ZK Calendar with a database. Since then I have been working closely with ZK Calendar and thought I would share another way of achieving the same effect. Extending ZK Calendar’s AbstractCalendarModel The key is to extend the AbstractCalendarModel and override the get function. This function is used to retrieve the events from the selected model, in this case the underlying model architecture is a database. The ‘get’ function The get function takes the following parameters: public List get(Date arg0, Date arg1, RenderContext arg2... (more)