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Upgrading to Vaadin Framework 8 (Part 2 of 2)
In the previous part of this blog, I talked about the most important steps to get your project to compile with the latest Framework version. The migration has been done through the first three steps mentioned here, and in this post I will go over the least complicated steps of migration. Steps 4 ...
Time to get responsive, Vaadin Board for Java is out!
Today the Vaadin Pro team is happy to introduce Vaadin Board for Java. It is a Vaadin component for creating flexible responsive layouts very easily. No need to hassle with CSS, you just write plain Java code. Vaadin Board can be used to create dashboards, intro screens, image galleries, or just to ...
Vaadin Elements end of June update
Last month, in time for the Polymer 2 release, we announced pre-releases of all our Core Elements with Polymer 2 support. We're happy to say that we've now finalized the upgrade work and all Elements ship with Polymer 2 support. The updated elements are now easier to use with any framework as they ...
Vaadin Designer 1.4 and 2.2 released
The Designer team is pleased to announce the availability of the Designer 2.2 for Framework 8 and Designer 1.4 for Framework 7 for Eclipse and Intellij. Provide a way to access exported component through a getter Often you find yourself in a situation where you’d like to have access to an exported ...
Vaadin best practices are now available in a Zip-file
Vaadin best practices are now available for any business grade full stack application, in plain source code! We are happy to announce that we have just released a brand new product for anyone to get started with Vaadin the right way: Bakery App Starter for Vaadin Framework 8 and Spring. You can ...
Upgrading to Vaadin Framework 8 (Part 1 of 2)
With a major release, you would usually expect major modifications in the core of the framework. But this time, the migration is not too complicated. Not only because of the migration tool provided to make a smooth transition from Framework 7 to Framework 8, but also because of the similarity in ...
The new and fully customizable In-House Training is out!
Improve your skills whenever and from wherever you want. We are proud to present our new and fully customizable In-House Training. Benefit from a live and Vaadin Expert-led training for up to 16 attendees in a location of your choice. What is included? The new In-House Training can be fully ...
Client-side fail-over
Traditional clustering solutions focus on performing clustering tasks purely server-side. The browser only possesses one URL (one IP address) after all, so there is not much we can do (well, there is, but more on this later). Usually, the intent behind clustering is twofold: If one server computer ...
Designing REST APIs
Introduction If I had to guess, I would say that most Vaadin applications are self-contained, with the UI and the business logic packaged inside the same application archive and running inside the same Java virtual machine (VM). However, there are cases where it makes more sense to separate the UI ...