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== About ZK Studio ==
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= Introduction=
ZK Studio is an Eclipse plug-in to assist in the rapid development of ''Direct Rich Internet Applications (Direct RIA)'' using the ZK Ajax Framework. With the aid of ZK Studio, you are able to develop ZK Web Applications quickly and easily.
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ZK Studio is an Eclipse plug-in to assist in the development of ''Rich Internet Applications (RIA)'' using ZK Framework. With ZK Studio's aid, you are able to develop ZK-based applications easily and efficiently.  
  
 
ZK Studio includes the tools shown and listed below:
 
ZK Studio includes the tools shown and listed below:
  
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# '''ZUL Editor''': ZUL Editor is a document editor for writing *.zul files.
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# '''zk.xml Editor''': The editor assists you in editing ZK's configuration file (zk.xml).
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# '''ZUL Palette''': The palette provides a Drag & Drop component toolbox for using with ZUL files.
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# '''ZK Storage''': This view shows current ZK releases you have.
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# '''Properties View of ZUL tag''': The view displays a list of attributes and its value of currently selected tag in the ZUL Editor.
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# '''Outline View of ZUL page''': The view presents an outline of the content of the ZUL file you are currently editing.
  
# '''ZUL Editor''': ZUL Editor is a document editor for modifying *.zul & *.zhtml files
 
# '''ZUL Palette''':''' '''The Palette provides a Drag & Drop component toolbox for use with ZUL files
 
# '''ZUL Visual Editor''': The Visual editor displays a rendered view of the zul file
 
# '''Outline View of Web Page''': The view presents a outline of the content in the currently selected ZUL Editor
 
# '''Property View of UI tag''': The property view displays a list of attribute & value pairs which correspond to the currently selected node in the ZUL Editor or Hierarchical View of the Web Page
 
  
 
In addition to the above GUI tools, ZK Studio also provides these features:  
 
In addition to the above GUI tools, ZK Studio also provides these features:  
  
:'''New ZK Wizard''': There are two main wizards; the first is ''New ZK project Wizard'', it is actually an Eclipse Dynamic Web Project adding support for the ZK Ajax framework. The second is the ''New ZUL File Wizard'' which creates a new *.zul file.
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:'''New ZK Wizard''': There are two wizards; the first is ''New ZK Project Wizard'', it is actually an Eclipse Dynamic Web Project adding support for ZK framework. The second is the ''New ZUL File Wizard'' which creates a new zul file.
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:'''ZK Style Designer''': The designer helps you to customize the ZUL component via a friendly GUI interface.
 
  
:'''ZK DB form Builder''':DB Form Builder is a wizard which help developers generate a DB CRUD Form without typing any code.
 
  
:'''ZK Sample Code''': ZK's Sample Code is aimed at helping beginners to quick understand ZK, learn by well organized examples.
 
  
:'''Zscript to MVC Extractor''':A helping utility to refactor Zscript to MVC way.
 
  
:'''zk.xml Editor''': The editor assists you in editing the ZK's configuration file (zk.xml).
 
 
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Introduction



Introduction

ZK Studio is an Eclipse plug-in to assist in the development of Rich Internet Applications (RIA) using ZK Framework. With ZK Studio's aid, you are able to develop ZK-based applications easily and efficiently.

ZK Studio includes the tools shown and listed below:

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  1. ZUL Editor: ZUL Editor is a document editor for writing *.zul files.
  2. zk.xml Editor: The editor assists you in editing ZK's configuration file (zk.xml).
  3. ZUL Palette: The palette provides a Drag & Drop component toolbox for using with ZUL files.
  4. ZK Storage: This view shows current ZK releases you have.
  5. Properties View of ZUL tag: The view displays a list of attributes and its value of currently selected tag in the ZUL Editor.
  6. Outline View of ZUL page: The view presents an outline of the content of the ZUL file you are currently editing.


In addition to the above GUI tools, ZK Studio also provides these features:

New ZK Wizard: There are two wizards; the first is New ZK Project Wizard, it is actually an Eclipse Dynamic Web Project adding support for ZK framework. The second is the New ZUL File Wizard which creates a new zul file.





Last Update : 2013/04/09

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