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Vaadin Newsletter is our monthly status update of what is going on around Vaadin - every month we tell about the latest releases and upcoming events. In the newsletter we discuss how people are using Vaadin and reveal where we are heading. Over 60 000 subscribers To this date, we have published 38 ...
Creating Vaadin Components with TypeScript
With the introduction of Vaadin 7 it became possible to write components using plain JavaScript. Doing so has the benefit of not having to compile the widgetset, and being able to use the browser development tools without devmode. One of the downsides of using JavaScript is the lack of static ...
Using JAX-RS 2 Client API in Liberty and Bluemix
I’m a big fan of JAX-RS 2.0 Client API, a part of Java EE 7 specification. They make writing stuff that depends on external REST services really easy on JVM. If you don’t know about the client API, you should definitely check out my recent tutorial for JAX-RS Client APIs. I just started a project ...
Browsersync and JRebel for keeping you in flow
Browsersync is a helpful utility for automatically reloading browser windows when making modifications to your application and also reflecting browser events between multiple browsers. This can be really helpful when testing your application in multiple browsers while developing. To get Browsersync ...
Using Vaadin Grid
Last week we released one of the most important components in the 7.4 version of the framework - the Grid. If you haven’t taken a look at it yet, I can tell you that there are quite a few features that you can use to present and tune to get your data on the screen. Like you know, Grid is now a part ...
Community Spotlight - February 2015
Directory renewal is getting closer. In last month’s episode, we didn’t discuss about the Directory or traditional Vaadin add-ons at all. So lets start with some news about the upcoming Directory renewal. We have just deployed a new version of the preview, now with a fully featured administration ...
Vaadin 7.4 released
Welcome to the next 7-series release. Even though this is called a "minor release", Vaadin 7.4 includes some enhancements which are actually making it a huge step forward. The Grid - for all your data First things first. The Table component has been one of the most prominent components in Vaadin ...
IoT with Vaadin and Bluemix
A couple of weeks ago, we had the pleasure of hosting the traditional Vaadin Cruise to Jfokus in Stockholm, one of the largest Java events in the Nordics. This year Jfokus also had a separate IoT track to which the Vaadin Cruise worked as a warmup event. Before the cruise we had two webinars and a ...
Offline Mode for TouchKit 4 Mobile Apps
Background Vaadin is primarily a server-side framework. What happens with the application when the server is not available? Although this is possible on desktop computers, more often it happens when using a mobile device. This is why Vaadin TouchKit allows you to define offline behaviour. In this ...