Category: Community
Infographic: Improve Accessibility in Your Web App
Here’s a handy infographic we created that summarizes the main tips and tricks on how you can improve the accessibility of your web app, while also enhancing usability for a wide range of end users. Check out our tutorial; Basic Tips for Improving Accessibility, to dive deeper into the individual ...
Practical Vaadin: Developing Web Applications in Java
We love to celebrate the achievements of #Vaadiners who take on new challenges and side projects that show their appreciation towards the platform we’ve built together. So, we’d like to take this opportunity to congratulate our DevRel Manager, Alejandro Duarte, on his third technical book, ...
Vaadin Community Summer Recap
“It's no secret that having a strong and enthusiastic community around open-source technologies is one of the main driving factors in the success of not only open-source projects but, most importantly, of their users." - Alejandro Duarte, Dev Rel Manager The Vaadin community is stronger than ever ...
Dynamic Theming in Vaadin Flow
The application with different theme variants Whether for multi-tenancy or user preference, the need to dynamically change the theming of an application is a common business application need. In this post, we show how it’s done using CSS custom properties and HTML attributes. Vaadin 14.6 brought an ...
Vaadin Security Updates
You might have been wondering about the increased number of security-related emails in your inbox. Our newly appointed security team has been performing internal code reviews, especially on the build-time tooling, and found a bunch of less-critical vulnerabilities. We are also now a CVE numbering ...
Theming made simple with Rolf Smeds. Highlights from our second Vaadin AMA.
Last week we held our second Ask Me Anything. Product Owner Rolf Smeds answered your questions on theming Vaadin apps. He kicked off the session with a review of the new simplified theming system available in Vaadin 19 with a live demo on Twitch. You can watch the recording here: Theming ...
Expert Tips for New Java Developers
Even the best were beginners once: We asked long-time Java experts to share their experience and tips to find out what they wish they had known before beginning their Java careers. With Java having been in business for over 25 years now, let’s hear what the professionals had to say. You can find ...
What’s new in Java?
Java is still going strong after 25 years! We decided to interview active Java professionals who have used it for years to hear about the new and upcoming features they are most excited about. With JDK 16 around the corner and new community platforms emerging, let’s hear what they had to say. Read ...
AMA with Matti Tahvonen, Product Owner of Vaadin Flow
We held our first AMA (Ask Me Anything) with Matti Tahvonen, Product Owner of Vaadin Flow, on our official Discord server on February 4. Some very interesting questions came up and we’ve summarized the highlights in this post. First things first: who is Matti? In his own words: Hello, I’m one of ...