The Blog - Step One

The first step is to prepare the project. First of all you need to download and install jZonic. We assume that you have already done so. Now change to the directory where jZonic is installed and start a new project by running ANT:

ant -f project_build.xml

Now you need to answer the three questions:

Please define the name of your application:

Please insert

blog

Next one is:

Now define the basepackage of your application:

Type in:

org.jzonic.blog

The last question is where the project should be located. Choose whatever directory you like. Please note that the directory should not include the application name since it will automatically appended. Use something like:

/home/myself/source/java

ANT will now create the project along with the directory structure and all files that you need.

You will get the following directories:

src - this will contain the java code
etc - contains the configuration files 
lib - contains all required jar files
resources - contains the web.xml file
server - a jetty server that you can use to run the application
templates - the templates that jZonic needs for the code generation process
test - your unit tests should be here
web - the place of your velocity templates

Also there are a bunch of files location in the main directory:

.classpath and .project - files for Eclipse
build.xml - an ANT build file
build.properties - a properties file used by the ANT build.xml

You can now import the application already into Eclipse and you are ready to start development.