Vaadin Blog

Theming made simple with Rolf Smeds. Highlights from our second Vaadin AMA.
Last week we held our second Ask Me Anything. Product Owner Rolf Smeds answered your questions on theming Vaadin apps. He kicked off the session with a review of the new simplified theming system available in Vaadin 19 with a live demo on Twitch. You can watch the recording here: Theming ...

Try the new documentation site
Comprehensive technical documentation goes hand-in-hand with open-source software. Vaadin has grown significantly since its original release. With recent additions, such as Fusion, Collaboration Engine, and Design System, the documentation for the product and its features required a scalable ...

How to improve the performance of your web application
Improving a web application’s performance becomes more important as the number of concurrent users the application has. There are several reasons to enhance the performance of your web application, even if you do not have a huge amount of concurrent users. Here are a few of the benefits of doing ...

Try our updated framework comparison tool
Are you evaluating UI framework options for your web app project? Our framework comparison tool, now updated for 2021, can help you make an informed choice. You can use the tool to compare both Vaadin Flow and Vaadin Fusion with Angular, React and the new addition, Vue, in deeper detail than ...

Expert Tips for New Java Developers
Even the best were beginners once: We asked long-time Java experts to share their experience and tips to find out what they wish they had known before beginning their Java careers. With Java having been in business for over 25 years now, let’s hear what the professionals had to say. You can find ...

Inside the (Collaboration) Engine Room
Vaadin recently released Collaboration Engine, a new feature that allows you to easily create real-time multiuser apps. In this post, we take a look under the hood to see how it works. You can try a collaborative demo app here. While it's not immediately obvious when using the high-level ...

Vaadin 19 adds offline functionality to Fusion: here's how it works
The words “offline” and “web application” have been mutually exclusive for a long time, but this has now changed: most browsers have added a set of APIs to enable offline use cases. With Vaadin 19, we improved our offline support to enable you to build complete offline work flows. You can create ...

Vaadin 19 has landed: Here’s everything you need to know
Vaadin 19 comes with some long awaited updates, including simplified theming, OSGi compatibility for Flow and improved offline support for Fusion (TypeScript) applications. Read on to learn more. Note: Vaadin Flow is our signature Java UI framework, while Vaadin Fusion is our new TypeScript-based ...

LitElement 3.0 and lit-html 2.0 webinar with Justin Fagnani
Justin Fagnani, Google software engineer, and creator of lit-html, joined us for a Vaadin webinar in which he presented the new and exciting releases of LitElement 3.0 and lit-html 2.0. You can find the full recorded webinar on Youtube or continue reading for a written summary. Thank you Justin ...