ZK - Open Source Ajax Java Framework

Hello, guys.

I'm new to zk, so I would like to find out is it hungry for computer resources.
Where I study/work it is critical to optimize perfomance because we have poor hardware.

thanks,
Vyacheslav Gonakhchyan

Poor hardware, there is no problem related to ZK, if you are ok to run eclipse + tomcat (or other AS) + JSP

Enjoy,

Hi,
In my experience Zk has the following bottlenecks:
- Network bandwidth: If you use tomcat, insert some kind of cache filter. Normally tomcat doesn't cache anything and Zk use images for borders and style.
- Network requests: ZK make a lot of request [ depending on you application ] for handling server side events.
- Javascript: IE is slow in handling javascript. Use firefox or super fast google chrome as client.

I've never experienced server side heavy load problems.

Enjoy.

Hi folks,

Network Bandwidth: For richer user experience and ease of UI customization, ZK framework uses images to layout the UI widget.
Moreover, ZK reduces the number of request for images by introducing single-image polity to represent rich widget.

Network request: It's the nature of Ajax application, if you want responsive and speedy web application, it is in-inevitable to communicate with the server directly to say goodbye to page-based navigation. And ZK framework optimized the number of request by batching mechanism.

JavaScript: It's true that the performance of IE is slower than FF because their ability of processing JavaScript code. It's browser's issue instead of framework. However, ZK framework enables load-on-demand, and live data mechanism to optimize the performance of Web application rendering, and this benefit can be applied on different browsers.

Please feel free to share your idea.

/robbie