Author: Lilli Salo

The status of Java Swing - And why consider modernization
Java Swing has been supporting enterprise applications for decades. However, Swing is now in maintenance mode and no longer reflects the state of the art in application development. But does that mean that Java Swing is deprecated, and what are the alternatives for organizations that use Swing? ...

Vaadin Expert Chat: Get real-time help from Vaadin developers
Need immediate assistance with your Vaadin projects? With Vaadin Expert Chat, you can chat directly with our expert team for real-time guidance on best practices, architecture, API integration, and more. Whether it's a complex problem or a simple question, our expert chat service provides fast, ...

Webinar: Automating Java Swing Modernization with Vaadin's Toolkit
Struggling with outdated Java Swing applications that are slow, have poor user interfaces, and consume excessive resources? Enterprise application modernization is more efficient with Vaadin’s Modernization Toolkit. In a recent webinar, Ben Wilson demonstrated how to automate the modernization of ...

Announcing Vaadin Create conference 2024: Secure your early-bird ticket
Developers, mark your calendars for October 29-30, 2024 – Vaadin Create is back! Join us at the Frankfurt Marriott Hotel in Frankfurt, Germany, to learn from top Vaadin experts, dive into the latest updates in our full-stack platform, including Vaadin Flow and Hilla frameworks, and connect with an ...

The path to successful application modernization
Legacy applications can present serious obstacles to agility and innovation. Application modernization is the way forward, but migrating legacy applications isn't always straightforward. The right strategy and tools make all the difference. Many customers rely on Vaadin's expertise to modernize ...

Java Swing: Rising tech debt costs signal it's time to modernize
Tech debt from legacy frameworks like Java Swing poses significant issues with major consequences for societies, governments, and companies of all sizes. According to 2022 CISQ research, the technical debt that the US economy has developed would require $1.52 trillion to fix. As time goes on, this ...

IZUM's migration from Java Swing to Web: Achieving 90% code reuse
Learn how IZUM successfully migrated from Java Swing to Vaadin Flow, achieving 90% code reuse while improving mobile compatibility and web accessibility. IZUM, the Institute of Information Science, is a pivotal public institution in Slovenia, established to support the country’s scientific, ...

Free support for Vaadin 14 is ending. What’s next?
After five years of free support, Vaadin 14 will reach its end of life on August 14th, 2024. While applications developed with the unsupported framework will continue to run, security updates, compatibility patches, and other bug fixes will no longer be available for the underlying platform. Please ...

Best practices for Java web application security
Java is platform-independent, robust, and scalable – and it’s widely used across business and enterprise. But is Java secure? At Vaadin, we know that Java is secure by design, but we also know that, just like any other component of the secure development process, security comes down to how Java is ...