ZK Developer's Guide
Developing responsive user interfaces for web applications using AJAX, XUL, and the open-source ZK rich web client development framework
Markus Stäuble Hans-Jürgen Schumacher
BIRMINGHAM - MUMBAI
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First published: March 2008
Production Reference: 1170308
Published by Packt Publishing Ltd. 32 Lincoln Road Olton Birmingham, B27 6PA, UK. ISBN 978-1-847192-00-4 www.packtpub.com
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Credits Authors Markus Stäuble
Project Manager Abhijeet Deobhakta
Hans-Jürgen Schumacher Indexer Reviewers
Monica Ajmera
Razvan Remus Popovici Christianto Sahat Kurniawan Hutasoit Development Editor Rashmi Phadnis Technical Editors Bhupali Khule Shailendra Shetye Editorial Team Leader Mithil Kulkarni
Proofreader Chris Smith Production Coordinator Aparna Bhagat Cover Designer Aparna Bhagat
About the Authors Markus Stäuble is currently working as Senior Software Engineer. He has a
Master's degree in Computer Science. He started with Java in the year 1999, since when he has gained much experience in building enterprise Java systems, especially web applications. He has a deep knowledge of the Java platform and the tools and frameworks around Java. There are several people who have supported the writing of my first book. But there is especially one person to whom I want to say thank you, my wife Maria Elena. She supported the writing very much and gave me the power and energy to finish that work.
Hans-Jürgen Schumacher studied mathematics at the Universi