zen Platform

Here in our download area you can find the latest version (2.0.5) of the zen Platform for Eclipse 3.1. We provide several white papers and case studies » here.

Free Trial Version

We provide the zen Platform as Eclipse plugin free of charge for trial and evaluation purposes. Try it yourself: Your first running application will be a matter of minutes. Of course you receive free technical support during your evaluation.

Documentation

• zen Platform Tutorial: The comprehensive documentation of the Eclipse and zen Platform installation is complemented by a step-by-step tutorial for the development of a simple application. » Download (PDF,~1MB)
• zen Platform Developers Guide: The zen Platform documentation (german only so far). » Download (PDF,~1.2MB)

Installation

Detailed information about the installation process is part of the » zen Platform Tutorial (PDF,~1MB). We provide the following installation variants for the zen Platform:

• Online using the zeos update site: This is the recommended variant. Create a new update site in Eclipse linking to http://www.zeos.de/update/zen/.
• Download ZIP file: If the installation using the update site is not practicable then download the » zeos ZIP update site (ZIP,~22MB, md5sum, sig) . The subsequent installation process resembles the online installation.

License key

You need a license key in order to activate the zen Platform after installation. Please request your 30 day trial license key free of charge below. It will be send directly by email. » Your license key.

Archive

Previous versions of the zen Platform for Eclipse 2.1.x and 3.0 can be accessed and installed as a separate » Update-Site (ZIP,~22MB, md5sum, sig) . Please use » this tutorial with the older version.

Please notice that we do not provide active support for previous versions.