Create a New ZK Maven Project

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Create a New ZK Maven Project



In this section, we will demonstrate how to create a ZK maven project with the Maven plugin.

Install Maven Plugin First

Unless your Eclipse version/edition already includes it, you have to install the plugin first. Click [Help]/[Eclipse Marketplace...] and enter "maven" in "Find" textbox to find Maven Integration for Eclipse. Then click "Install" button.

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After completing the installation and restarting Eclipse, we can continue the following steps.

Create ZK Maven Project

1. Select [File]/[New]/[Project] to open a New Project dialog. Then choose Maven Project under Maven item and click "Next >".

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2. Select location. We usually use default workspace location.

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3. Enter "zk" in filter to search ZK maven archetypes and select what you want. Click Next.

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4. Enter preferred ZK version in zk-version-since and click Finish.

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5. The new ZK maven project is created with ZK dependencies added.

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Run ZK Maven Project

1. Right click on your project icon and select [Run as]/[Maven build...] to open run configuration dialog.

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2. Enter jetty:run in Goals textbox and click Run.

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  • Running jetty the firs time may take a while because Maven plugins needs to download some necessary resources, please be patient.


3. You can see the server starting messages showing up in Console view.

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Then visit http://localhost:8080/yourprojectname to see the result.





Last Update : 2022/01/19

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