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.

Studio maven plugin

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 >”. Studio maven project wizard

2. Select location. We usually use default workspace location. Studio maven project wizard 2

3. Enter “zk” in filter to search ZK maven archetypes and select what you want. Click Next. Studio maven archetype

4. Enter preferred ZK version in zk-version-since and click Finish. Studio maven archetype parameter

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

Run ZK Maven Project

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

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

  • 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. Studio maven run console

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