ZK Light

From Documentation

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ZK Light is a lighter version of ZK framework with the complete client engine and full-fledged widgets.

It is aimed to enable the rich, and engaging RIA user experience for Web applications and websites that don't need to integrate with the sophisticated enterprise infrastructure.

Free open-source LGPL license
Over 90 off-the-shelf state-of-art XUL-complaint Ajax widgets
Flexible widget manipulation in JavaScript, Java^[1] and/or a XML markup language^[2]
Template-based DHTML structure, CSS-based skin, drag-and-drop, animation, and more
Multi-platform supported, including, but not limited to, Java, PHP, Python...

↑ Java API is provided with GWT (not ready yet)

↑ The markup language is called iZUML - a simplified version of ZUML. Notice that it is processed at the client.

How do I start?

Download ZK Light.
Read the getting started.
Check out sample applications.

Resources

ZK5: JavaScript API
iZUML - client-side ZUML (ZK User-interface Markup Language)

[0] Java API is provided with GWT (not ready yet)

[1] The markup language is called iZUML - a simplified version of ZUML. Notice that it is processed at the client.

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