Faster dev-mode startup in Vaadin 14.4

Vaadin 14.4 is the latest long-term support (LTS) version of the Vaadin platform. This new version features faster startup in development mode, live reload for frontend changes, and an API to show helper text in form input components. Faster dev-mode startup The development-mode server now runs in ...

TypeScript, client-side views and endpoints in Vaadin - Q&A

Edit: This post has been updated to reflect the new Vaadin Flow/Fusion product naming. We introduced a new TypeScript API for building client-side views in Vaadin 15, called Vaadin Fusion. It is a new framework alongside the existing Vaadin Flow framework. In Vaadin 16 and 17, we added support for ...
Collaborative web apps

An introduction to real-time collaboration in business critical applications

(Part 1 of 4) Many businesses are looking beyond geographic borders to procure the best workforce, customers, vendors and partners. In other words, organizations are becoming increasingly more distributed as they conduct business across the globe. This means that online workflows (the sequence of ...

Vaadin 17 includes a major Vaadin Charts upgrade

We released a major upgrade for Vaadin Charts as part of Vaadin 17. Read on to learn about the Java API for styling, new chart types, and how to upgrade. Java API to style charts returns The Java API to style charts is back in Vaadin 17! In Vaadin 8, it was possible to style charts using only Java, ...

Vaadin 17 is packed with data binding improvements

Vaadin 17 is the latest milestone release (see our release model), it brings new features and enhancements to both server-side views and client-side views. Read about the Grid data binding improvements, new chart types, and form binding API for client-side views. For the rest of the release ...

New Vaadin 14 Reference Card now available!

I'm glad to announce the availability of the renewed version of the Vaadin Reference Card (previously known as the Vaadin Refcard). This reference card is tailored to developers with previous Vaadin experience. It is a quick reference with condensed information on key concepts and everyday tasks ...
Data binding to Grid becomes easier and more efficient Vaadin

Data binding to Grid gets easier and more efficient

About a year ago, I discussed two common problems when doing lazy data binding to the Grid: the need for a count query and difficulties integrating with “paging backends”. That generated a lot of public and private discussion. The solutions are now available for testing. And while we were on the ...

Enabling Live Reload in Vaadin 14.3

Vaadin 14.3 ships with a new Live Reload feature that lets you see your UI changes in the browser without a manual refresh. It is automatically enabled in development mode and does not require any browser plugins. Read on to get started with Live Reload with JRebel, HotswapAgent, or Spring Boot dev ...
Vaadin now supports localizing Java web applications into RTL languages

Localization gets an update with right-to-left (RTL) support

We’re excited to announce that Vaadin’s localization capabilities just got a major upgrade with the implementation of right-to-left (RTL) script support-- one of the Vaadin community’s most-requested and long-awaited features. What is RTL support? A number of the world’s major languages rely on ...