ZK 3.6.3 and ZK5.0rc with Glassfish V3 and EE6

In my previous post I described how to get a EE6 web application using the ZK3.6.3 framework on Glassfish V3. I noted while redeploying or undeploying the web-application it made the GF instance plus the JVM crash (running Ubuntu 9.04,9.10 and JDK 1.6.b16).

This problem does NOT exist anymore with the latest build from last week. Make sure you update to build b72. Start the updatetool in glassfish-home/bin. (you might have to start it several times, I got several times time-out errors, or better click on the reminder if you choose the automatic update check feature).

Glassfish V3b72

ZK NB Plugin News

As expected, as a matter of not even days, the Netbeans plugin for ZK 3.6.3 was released. Download it from sourceforge.net.

You might also notice they released a plugin for the release candidate of ZK5 (which you find in the same download section). Though the plugin creates a J2EE 1.4 web application, it might be worth installing to test the features of the upcoming version.

ZK 3.6.3 with Netbeans 6.8 Beta on Glassfish V3

I am using Netbeans 6.8B for a few days and mainly testing if my existing JEE5 projects can be opened, deployed and executed on GF3. I am using ZK as Web/Ajax Framework. Usually the ZK team releases a new NB plugin to help you to create ZK based Java Web projects. Currently the plugin supports 3.6.2, some days back ZK 3.6.3 was released, so I guess in a few days time we will have a 3.6.3 plugin. The plugin creates a skeleton for a JEE5 webproject and I doubt they will support Java EE6 before EE6 is finally released (December?).

I was curious to see if I get the latest ZK running on GF V3 as a JEE6 application.

Part 1: ZK 3.6.2 with Netbeans 6.8B as EE5 Web Project

First, lets try first to add the 3.6.2. plugin to NB 6.8B

ZK plugin 3.6.2

Nominate ZK for SF CCA

You might want to nominate the ZK framework for the SourceForge Community Choice Award.

News: ZK 3.0.2 released

As expected the updated Netbeans plugin followed the latest release quickly.
Version 3.0.2 is available for download at sourceforge.net (link)

News: ZK 3.6.1 released

Good to see that the ZK team releases updates on a regular base.  Release 3.6.1 from yesterday comes with both fixes and new features.
More information and download at zkoss.org (link). I believe the related Netbeans plugin REM will get an update in short time.

ZK News: REM 3.0.1

The latest version Netbeans plugin for the ZK Framework, REM 3.0.1 is available for download since about 2 weeks. It works with version 6.5 and 6.7Mx. The installation, and look-and-feel is still pretty much the same. You can download from sourceforge.net (link). Not sure if it is recommendedto de-install previous versions, I deactivated them before the installing the new plugin. The new version targets also NB 6.7 which comes with tighter Groovy and Grails integration. On top of that you find a ZK demo project, that resembles the ZK demo explorer that you might now from the zkoss.org website (new project|web|zk360 demo).

One useful hint: If you create a new webproject using the ZK360 type, the IDE creates a skeleton for you with a index.zul:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!--
[..some comment..]
-->
<window>
    My ZK application<datebox id="db"/>
</window>

If you create a new zul page (new|web|zk|zkProject canvas) you get this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<zk xmlns="http://www.zkoss.org/2005/zul">
</zk>

The namespace tag is required for proper code completion.