Author: Miikka Andersson
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Vaadin 25.2 is the second feature release in the 25.x line. It brings three main additions: you can put AI to work inside your data views, call native browser capabilities from plain Java, and turn your existing end-to-end tests into load tests.
Introducing Vaadin Enterprise Edition
Today we are introducing Vaadin Enterprise Edition, a dedicated Vaadin product for organizations building and maintaining business-critical Java applications. Vaadin Enterprise Edition, or Vaadin EE, is the same Vaadin framework you already use, maintained as a separate edition for enterprise use, ...
SwingBridge 1.2: Java Swing and Vaadin, now talking to each other
SwingBridge 1.2 is out. The headline is interoperability: your existing Swing code and your new Vaadin views can now call each other directly, in plain Java, with the threading handled for you. The release also improves in-browser responsiveness, adds support for NetBeans RCP applications, and ...
Vaadin 25.1: Free Copilot and production-ready Signals
Vaadin 25.1 is the first feature release in the 25.x line, and it brings several important upgrades for Java developers. Vaadin Copilot is now free for everyone with a Vaadin.com account. Signals moves from preview to production-ready, giving you a reactive state management model in plain Java. And ...
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Building the Perfect Docker Image for a Java app
I recently hosted a webinar with Catherine Edelveis from BellSoft on optimizing Docker images for Java applications. Catherine presented examples using a Spring Boot app with a Vaadin frontend, MongoDB, Kafka, and Spring Security — a setup that's closer to production reality than most demo apps. ...
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Announcing Swing Modernization Toolkit
A lot of Java Swing applications are still doing their job. The pressure to change usually comes from everything around them: users expect web-style UX, IT wants simpler rollouts, and teams need a path forward that doesn’t turn into a multi-year rewrite. Today we’re introducing Swing Modernization ...
Vaadin 25.0: simplified styling, leaner frontend, and key updates
Vaadin 25.0 starts a new major line with a clear theme: reduce Vaadin-specific “special cases” and make everyday development (styling, builds, dependencies) look and feel more like a standard modern Java + web stack. It’s a major release, so expect breaking changes. Below are the areas you’ll want ...
Introducing the official Vaadin MCP server
We just released our official Vaadin MCP server, a standard Model Context Protocol (MCP) endpoint that lets your AI coding tools query the latest Vaadin docs right from your editor. Plug it into any MCP-compatible client and your AI assistant can pull current component APIs, theming guidance, and ...
What’s new in Vaadin 24.9
Vaadin 24.9 closes the 24.x chapter with a set of features that smooth out daily workflows and clear the path to what’s next. You can copy-paste designs with your own custom components, manage assets directly with @NpmPackage, and rely on more predictable behavior in routing, forms, and tooltips. ...
New components, less boilerplate — What’s new in Vaadin 24.8
Vaadin 24.8 introduces improvements across the platform that make everyday development tasks faster and more reliable. From layout and file-handling improvements to database devops and type safety, this release adds tools that help you build and maintain modern Java applications with less ...