Author: Lilli Salo
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 ...
The best Java UI frameworks for full stack development
A framework is a collection of predefined code that developers use to create applications. Given Java’s endurance as the programming language of choice for decades, it has many frameworks with pre-existing libraries, classes, and functions. Developers can build applications without having to write ...
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 ...
Four app modernization strategies and best practices
Cutting-edge applications are necessary to maintain a competitive edge in the post-COVID era. As users demand faster load times, seamless interfaces, and accessibility across devices, businesses must evolve their technology. However, legacy applications—often critical to business operations—can ...
4 Benefits of Java for enterprise application development
Enterprise application development isn’t just about building software—it’s about creating systems that can handle massive workloads, ensure top-notch security, and integrate effortlessly with legacy infrastructure. Java consistently delivers on these needs. In this article, we’ll uncover why Java ...
Looking for a Java Swing alternative? Consider Vaadin’s modern UI framework
Discover how Vaadin's modern UI framework offers a seamless and advanced alternative to Java Swing for developing desktop and web applications. Is Java Swing still being used? Java Swing was once the go-to for creating desktop applications, but as technology has evolved, it's starting to show its ...