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Going Web Native
The web has evolved immensely in the last couple years and with it, so have the technologies. In this article we explore going Native Apps v Web Apps. I visit conferences and meetups, speak with incredibly smart people, and have time to investigate new and exciting technologies to see how they fit ...
Vaadin Framework 8 roadmap 2017 and beyond
What happened during 2017? Vaadin Framework 8.0 was released on February 2017. It brought more than 21 Improvements to Vaadin Framework. One of the major features was full Java 8 support. Java 8 allowed us to dramatically improve the Data API. We released Vaadin Framework 8.1 in July. It took a bit ...
Join the Fight for Simplicity
Vaadin was founded to make it easy for developers to build great web apps. We have been on that path for the past 17 years and today our mission keeps looking as important as ever. To best communicate what Vaadin stands for we have from time to time refined our brand: how we hope people will see ...
Responsive Design Made Easy with CSS Grid and Web Components
A simple responsive layout example without any tricks nor manipulating DOM with JavaScript. Responsive design is used to create good user interfaces across all display sizes and devices. Generally, this means the size, position, and visibility of each section within the UI is dependent on the ...
Charts with Vaadin
A great web application needs awesome graphs to visualize data in a human-readable form, so let’s have a look at how to add some to yours. Let’s first consider the different options we have for creating charts; Vaadin Pro and Prime come with Vaadin Charts, Vaadin Directory has several add-ons for ...
Adding graphs to Polymer 2 web applications
We are happy to announce the release of Vaadin Charts 5 with support for Polymer 2! Vaadin Charts offers a range of custom elements for creating dynamic graphs for data visualization, from simple column charts to complex combinations of more than one type of chart. Powerful features and a powerful ...
Mission RIP Table: Migrate to Grid! - Intro
Vaadin Grid was announced over two years ago, and since then it has evolved with many new features and enhancements. If this wasn’t enough killer for the Table component, then the announcement of Vaadin Framework 8 earlier this year, with explicit deprecation of Table, places it in a critical ...
Community Spotlight - July 2017
A key element in any successful open-source project is its community. In the case of Vaadin, the community collaborates mostly by asking and answering questions in forums, reporting issues, suggesting improvements, contributing with patches to the core products or with add-ons published at ...
How to build a Progressive Web Application with Polymer 2
Building a Progressive Web App can be daunting. There are a tons of videos, articles, and online courses about PWAs, but it's hard to know how to get started. Now that Polymer 2 is out, it's even more important to get up to date and start working on apps pronto. We have just put out a video on ...