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 ...

Vaadin Pro Tools for Vaadin 8

New major versions of Vaadin Pro Tools are out: Vaadin Charts 4.0, Vaadin Spreadsheet 2.0, Vaadin Designer 2.0, and Vaadin TestBench 5.0 are now supporting Vaadin Framework 8. What’s new The biggest change and at the same time the biggest improvement in the new Pro Tools is that the new major ...

Community Spotlight - February 2017

For this month’s community spotlight, I interviewed Normand Hénault. Normand is the CEO of a company developing an interesting project called Nuuzee, a service that allows users to geographically explore events around them. The web application is available in 93 languages with the translations ...

New Vaadin Online Trainings are here

We are proud to present over 30 new Vaadin Online Training Courses. Your feedback has encouraged us to change and restructure our online training offering. Starting immediately, you’ll be able to sign up for the new courses. Over 30 new topics We have created over 30 new courses with more precise ...

Vaadin Framework 8 is out!

The long wait is over and I’m privileged to announce that Vaadin Framework 8.0.0 is released today! Version 7 was released over four years ago. Even though there have been 7 minor releases since the initial release, that have added countless of new major features, major releases are always more ...

Want to learn Vaadin? Check out our university course!

One of the best things about open source communities is the sharing of knowledge. And what better way to share it than by organising a course at the local university? Last fall we collaborated with Turku Centre for Computer Science and the result was a full course called “Developing Modern Web Apps ...

Vaadin 8 on tour

Vaadin Framework’s 8th release is almost here. And this really is a tentpole release. Whether you are already using an earlier version of Vaadin Framework, or just planning to use it, we are organizing an excellent way for you to see and hear what the new version really means for you - in person. ...

Enabling HTTPS in your Java server using a free certificate

Using HTTPS connections in web application client-server communication has grown to be more and more common nowadays. In fact, for some types of applications, it’s become a requirement. For example, if you want to use Geolocation API in a web app running in Chrome, you need to have HTTPS enabled. ...

Customer Sponsored Vaadin TreeGrid Released

We are very pleased to announce the release of the Vaadin TreeGrid add-on, which is now freely available in Vaadin Directory. Similar to the TreeTable extension to Table, Vaadin TreeGrid allows users to edit and present hierarchical data sources in the Grid component. The development of the add-on ...