Author: Marcus Hellberg
Announcing the new Vaadin Forum
tl;dr: In early March, we are launching a new Vaadin Forum for all community discussions. It will replace the Vaadin Discord server and the old Vaadin Forum. At Vaadin, our community is at the heart of everything we do. As an open source company, we rely on feedback, contributions, and ...
Hilla 2.5: DTO support for CRUD components
We're happy to announce the 2.5 release of Hilla. This release addresses a common question we've heard from you when it comes to the new CRUD components: what if I don't use JPA? Hilla 2.5 adds support for DTOs, which means you can now use the CRUD components with any data source. More flexible ...
Hilla 2.4 simplifies form creation and CRUD operations
We're excited to introduce Hilla 2.4, featuring new components aimed at improving developer productivity in business web application development. This release includes AutoForm and AutoCrud, designed to streamline the creation of forms and CRUD views. AutoForm: Streamlining Form Management AutoForm ...
Hilla 2.3 introduces streamlined grid creation and security helpers
Hilla 2.3 is out! This release includes a new AutoGrid component and authentication helpers for React. 🪄 AutoGrid: a fully-featured grid in one line of code AutoGrid allows you to configure a Grid component to automatically fetch data from the backend. It supports pagination, sorting, and ...
Using Third-Party React Components in Hilla
Hilla supports using any third-party React component library in your apps. If you want to, you can use Material UI, React Bootstrap, Ant Design or any other React component library. In this tutorial, we'll use the React Colorful color picker as an example. Creating a Hilla App First, you'll need a ...
Tutorial: Integrating React Query with Hilla for Type-Safe Backend Services
In this hands-on tutorial, we will delve into using React Query with Hilla to connect to Spring Boot through type-safe backend services. We will be creating a simple Hilla application that integrates React Query on the frontend. As we walk through the process, you'll gain an understanding of how to ...
Streamlined React Form Validation with Spring Boot using Hilla
Forms are an essential component in web applications, and their validation is crucial for a good user experience. If you've been looking for a streamlined approach to React form validation, you're in the right place. With the release of Hilla 2.2, you can now effortlessly build forms using the new ...
What's new in Hilla 2.2: React form hook and hot reloading
Grids and forms are the workhorses of business applications. While Hilla already has a powerful grid component, creating forms has been more challenging than we would have liked. Hilla 2.2 fixes this by introducing a new form hook for React. ✍️ New React form support Building a robust form can be a ...
Using microservices from Hilla
Hilla is a full-stack framework for building web applications with Spring Boot and React. It embraces the backends for frontends (BFF) pattern, where backend services are tailored for specific frontends. Hilla makes it easy to connect Java backends to TypeScript React frontends using type-safe RPC ...