Robbie Cheng

My submission to 7th International AJAX World RIA Conference & Expo has been accepted. I will have a session at 7th AJAXWorld Conference on June 23, New York. Topic: Building Rich Internet Applications with a Direct RIA Solution Summary: Building an enterprise application is never an easy task, not to mention enriching its user experience at the same time. Scaring JavaScript spaghetti, tedious asynchronous communicate between client and server, and the danger of exposure of business logic to the client make Web application complex, less secure, and un-maintainable. ZK is a Direct RIA framework for Java that solves all of above issues with its Direct RIA programming model. With the Direct AJAX programming model, Web applications can access data model and back-end integrati... (more)

Introducing ZK 5: Future of RIA

With the advent of ZK 5 come some very important changes. LGPL License: ZK 5 is now moving over to the LGPL license offering more freedom and allowing ZK to be integrated with other frameworks that use different licensing models. Freedom of use Client+Server Fusion: With ZK 5's revolutionary architecture, developers can not only leverage the productivity boost of the server-centric arch... (more)

Direct RIA + Google App Engine = Simplicity + Scalability

Direct RIA is a robust and comprehensive rich Internet applications engine which turns any client (web browser, mobile device) into an efficient and engaging environment. Direct RIA maximizes developer productivity by direct access of user interface, database, and web services. Direct RIA minimizes the development cost by transparent and automatic synchronization between client and server... (more)

Converting Excel Spreadsheets Into Enterprise AJAX Apps

ZK Spreadsheet enables AJAX applications to deliver the rich functionality of Excel to browsers in pure Java. With embeddable Excel functionality in pure Java, developers can create collaborative and dynamic enterprise applications like never before. ZK Spreadsheet 1.0.0 RC2 supports MicroSoft Excel, developers can import existing Excel files to ZK Spreadsheetwith ease. Moreover, most Ex... (more)

Using ZK Calendars Component to Create RIA Apps

ZK have announced a new AJAX component called ZK Calendar for Java applications. It is a fully featured web-based calendar boasting a similar feature set to Google’s calendar application. However, ZK Calendar can be embedded into web-based Java applications allowing interaction with other ZK components and the ability to customize functionality and styling. The calendar’s data is also st... (more)