Vaadin Blog
A Guide to migrating from GXT to Vaadin
Vaadin has always had a strong position when companies are evaluating the next platform to migrate their Java based desktop applications to. The programming model of Vaadin Framework is very similar to their existing codebase, which immediately makes Vaadin feel natural and productive to work with. ...
How to bind your form to your domain model – the Vaadin 8 style
Lots of web applications require the user to input some data in order to manipulate it later. This article shows how Vaadin makes this task easy to implement. We will be using Vaadin 8 and Java 8 in this article. The source code can be found at the following GitHub page: ...
Vaadin Designer 1.3 and 2.1 released
Since releasing Vaadin Designer 2 with Framework 8, the Designer team has been busy adding more features to Designer based on user feedback. As of today, Designer 2.1 for Framework 8 and Designer 1.3 for Framework 7 are available for Eclipse and Intellij with two new features: replace with layout ...
Learn ES6 Today with Vaadin Elements - Part 3: Arrow Functions
In this short segment of our guide to ES6, you’ll learn how to use the Arrow function syntax to create cleaner code. We will be referencing the example we wrote in the previous guides. You can read the first and second parts of this blog series here: Part 1: Promises Part 2: The Fetch API Arrow ...
Try out HTML5 drag-n-drop, components in Grid and TreeGrid today
Vaadin Framework 8.0 came out just a bit more than a month ago, but we are already pretty far with the next major feature enhancements. The top three new features in Vaadin 8.1 include (click links to see examples in Sampler): Component support in Grid. In 8.1 it is no more required to use custom ...
Framework’s client-server communication simplifies your life
One unique feature of Vaadin Framework is the way it automatically manages communication between the user's browser and your server. The biggest benefit of this is not directly related to communication, but rather that you can use a very productive programming model. Programming model Without the ...
Vaadin Dev Day coming to Zurich
The Vaadin Dev Day series continues this time in Zurich, Switzerland on May 4th. The event early bird registration is now open! Make sure you register before March 31st to ensure your early-bird discount. DevDay is a full one-day, agile, fun and effective training where you’ll learn the best ...
Lazy loading with Vaadin 8
One of my favorite new features in Vaadin 8 is the Grid::setDataProvider method which makes it remarkably easy to implement lazy loading in Grids. In earlier versions of Vaadin, you had to implement a rather complex Container interface. Vaadin 8 not only removes this interface, but also provides a ...
Progressive web apps in Java
Update 29-June-2018: There are now more in depth resources about PWA, and example of integrating PWA with Vaadin Flow. What is the big deal about Progressive Web Applications (PWAs) and why are they trending nowadays? Here is one explanation by Google: “It [PWA] loads quickly, even on flaky ...