Vaadin Blog
Building a comprehensive UI from scratch with Vaadin Designer
After releasing Vaadin Designer 1.0, we decided that showing what it can do is more valuable than just talking about it. So we decided to build something substantial from scratch. No simple hello-worlds or one-liner examples but something real. We got inspired by a cool project we found at ...
Vaadin Debug Window
Recently we hosted a webinar on how to use the Debug-window in your Vaadin application, going through all its benefits for you. Every application built with Vaadin Framework comes with a built-in feature to inspect the application. This feature is active in development mode (i.e. when ...
Using templates in Vaadin Designer
The Vaadin Designer 1.0 has been released packing a bunch of powerful features to help you quickly develop your application’s views. One of such features is the ability to use templates as a basis for your views. In this post I’ll teach you how to install and use the templates. First you need a ...
Vaadin Designer 1.0 has arrived
We are thrilled to announce the release of Vaadin Designer 1.0 after 6 months of intensive beta testing. Vaadin Designer is available for all developers, to be installed from Eclipse Marketplace today. Vaadin Designer is a tool that lets you edit and know exactly how your UI is looking every step ...
Come and meet us at JavaOne 2015
Once again Vaadin packs up for the upcoming JavaOne 2015 and heads to San Francisco, US. JavaOne is ‘the event’ for Java enthusiasts, where one can hear the best speakers, get insights into the future of Java, and connect with other members of the Java community. Designer 1.0 and more At the booth ...
Vaadin Spring 1.0.0 is out!
I’m honoured to announce that the beta period for Vaadin Spring integration library has ended and the first stable release, with version number 1.0.0, is now available. Using Vaadin (and plain Java) alone is not the best way to build large business applications. In any non-trivial application, ...
Host your JavaDoc’s online in GitHub
It’s Thursday evening and you have just finished your new awesome Vaadin Add-on. The very last commit is pushed to github, the .zip is uploaded to the directory, the release notes are updated, you lean back and take a five? Ok, you are great, but wait... Where is your add-on’s javadoc? Of course, ...
Vaadin opens an office in Berlin
We are proud to open a brand new office in Berlin, Germany to be closer to our German customers and users. The office's main focus is on consulting with the goal of serving our German users better both commercially as well as in local meetups and at events. "We will hire at least 10 developers and ...
Implementing sign-in with Google’s OAuth 2 services
Traditionally all public web apps have had their own authentication mechanisms, typically implemented with application specific username-password pairs. The approach is straightforward to set up for web developers, but also infamously difficult to do right (not at all or too weak hashing of ...