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{ PAG ZK – THE SIMPLEST WAY TO MAKE WEB APPLICATIONS RICH CASE STUDY River Software Technologies RiverSoftwareTechnologiesSASisatechnologycompanythat strivesoncreatingsoftwareforanytypeofindustrywithspecial ocusonTelecommunicationsandGovernmentinLATAM,Spain andEurope. When I came across ZK I thought I’ve found the ‘Holy Grail’, because it has all the benefits of powerful end user eatures, plus the power of olid Java server side logic.“ AboutRiverSoftwareTechnologiesSAS RiverSoftwareTechnologiescreatesthetechnologythattriggers successintoday’sbusinessessupportedbyexpertswhousedtorun R&Ddepartme ntsinsoftwar edevelopment inGermanyf oryears andhaveprov idedtechnol ogytocomp aniesfromall overthe globe. Thecompanyf ocusesonfou rmajorpr oductlines –SOA,VolP, Geo-LocalisationandWebPortalsDevelo pmentwithf ourmain products–riverSOA,riverPBX,riverGeoFinderandriverPortals resp ecti vely . TheProject riverPortalsisasolutionfullybasedonZKinordertoachievebetter webportaldeployments.Itisawebapplicationthatallows companiesandindi vidualsto deployanywebbasedport alsolution eitherattheenterpriseorsmalltomediumentrepreneurscalewith ashortt ime-to-market impactonany developmentt eam. TheArchitecture Thearchitectureofthisprojectisbasedonaclearseparation betweenUIand logicwher eUI-POJOplu g-inscanbecre atedand deployedat runtimeand getouto ftheboxthemostcommontasks whencreatingapplications.Outofbox,riverPortalsprovidesaweb portalsolutionwhichallowstheintegrationofMVCZKcomponents withinterfacesprovidedbyriverPortalsSDK,StandardAJAX websmashups, JSP,JSFor anyother webbasedUIco mplyingwit h interfacesd efinedinSDK. TheChallenge ThemostchallengingpartoftheprojectwastocomeupwithaGUI Frameworkthatisabletobereusedinmultipleprojectswithout havingtoadjustorredothelogicaccordinglytospecificproject needs.
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ZK – THE SIMPLEST WAY TO MAKE WEB APPLICATIONS RICH
CASE STUDY
RiverSoftwareTechnologiesRiverSoftwareTechnologiesSASisatechnologycompanythat
strivesoncreatingsoftwareforanytypeofindustrywithspecial
ocusonTelecommunicationsandGovernmentinLATAM,Spain
andEurope.
When I came across ZK I
thought I’ve found the ‘Holy
Grail’, because it has all the
benefits of powerful end user
eatures, plus the power of
olid Java server side logic.“
AboutRiverSoftwareTechnologiesSASRiverSoftwareTechnologiescreatesthetechnologythattriggers
successintoday’sbusinessessupportedbyexpertswhousedtorun
R&DdepartmentsinsoftwaredevelopmentinGermanyforyears
andhaveprovidedtechnologytocompaniesfromallovertheglobe.Thecompanyfocusesonfourmajorproductlines–SOA,VolP,
Geo-LocalisationandWebPortalsDevelopmentwithfourmain
products–riverSOA,riverPBX,riverGeoFinderandriverPortals
respectively.
TheProjectriverPortalsisasolutionfullybasedonZKinordertoachievebetter
webportaldeployments.Itisawebapplicationthatallows
companiesandindividualstodeployanywebbasedportalsolution
eitherattheenterpriseorsmalltomediumentrepreneurscalewithashorttime-to-marketimpactonanydevelopmentteam.
TheArchitecture
Thearchitectureofthisprojectisbasedonaclearseparation
betweenUIandlogicwhereUI-POJOplug-inscanbecreatedand
deployedatruntimeandgetoutoftheboxthemostcommontasks
whencreatingapplications.Outofbox,riverPortalsprovidesaweb
portalsolutionwhichallowstheintegrationofMVCZKcomponents
withinterfacesprovidedbyriverPortalsSDK,StandardAJAX
websmashups,JSP,JSForanyotherwebbasedUIcomplyingwith
interfacesdefinedinSDK.
TheChallenge
ThemostchallengingpartoftheprojectwastocomeupwithaGUI
Frameworkthatisabletobereusedinmultipleprojectswithout
havingtoadjustorredothelogicaccordinglytospecificproject
needs.
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“Whateverittakes50lines
inGWTandseveralfiles,it
onlytakesafewlinesofcode
andtwofilestodothesame
withZK.
WhyZK
GWTandZKweretakenintoaccountduringtheevaluationprocess
wheredevelopersmadethesamefunctionalityforaspecificfeature
inbothtechnologiestoassesstheusabilityandproductivityofeach
framework.IntheendZKwaschosenandadoptedasitismore
intuitive,easyandrequireslessefforttoprogramforthesame
desiredoutcomecomparedtothatofGWT.WithZK’spowerful
technology,thechallengeofcreatingacustomizable,programmableportalframeworkisabletobeaccomplished.
Moreover,ZK’suniqueZULlanguageandclasscontrollerreduces
developmenttimeandthepossibilityofgeneratingerrorstoalarge
extent.Forexample,whateverittakes50linestoGWTandseveral
files;itonlytakesafewlinesofcodeandtwofilestoestablishthe
sameresultwhenworkingwithZK.ZKbringsthebenefitsof
powerfulandappealingenduserfeaturesandthepowerofsolid
Javaserversidelogictoonesophisticatedframework.
“ZKisliketheDNAforriverPortals,riverPortalsislikeanextensionofZK,anupperlayerwithextrafeaturesonlyforportals,providing
customerswithafullywebportalsolutionwithouthavingtothink
aboutthedetailsofthemostcomplexZKfunctionsorstartingfrom
scratch”.
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TheResultTheriverPortalssystemisnowdeployedbyanimportant
telecommunicationscompanyinColombiatomanageandcontrola
complexsystemforinventories,provisioningoflinesandADSL.
riverPortalsversion1.0isnowalsounderconstructionandis
expectedtoexpandriverPortalsasthesolutionforgoverningother
RiverSoftwareproductsandforanytypeofsoftwarethatneedsto
runonasecuredwebbasedenvironment.
AboutZK
PotixCorporationdevelopsandsupportsZK,the#1AjaxsolutiononSourceForge.net,theworld'slargestopensource
host.ZKhasmorethan1,500,000downloadssinceitsfirstreleaseinlate2005.ZKisdeployedbyalargenumberof
FortuneGlobal 500 companies, including Deutsche Bank,Barclays, Sony,Sun Microsystemsand Toyota, providing
themwiththeabilitytorapidlycreaterichAjaxenterpriselevelapplications.
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