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, ...

Future of HTML templates in Vaadin

Late last year, we announced that we are gradually moving away from Google's Polymer JavaScript library in favor of the far more lightweight and performant LitElement library. The next LTS, which is currently targeted for the latter half of 2021, will make Polymer optional for HTML templates. Using ...

Deploying a Vaadin app to Kubernetes

Because there are few things more exciting than deploying an AI app to your own cloud, today we'll be deploying Alejandre Duarte's Vaadin Chatbot demo app to a local Kubernetes cluster. It is fairly straightforward. If you haven’t already done so, read the blog on how to build the Chatbot app here. ...
Vaadin cloud deployment tutorials

New and updated cloud deployment tutorials

The final step of developing a web application is to deploy it online. However, this is often easier said than done, because of the number of available methods and many other factors that need to be considered. Cloud services are already a more popular way to host your web app than running a local ...
Platforms that support PWAs in 2020

The state of progressive web applications: March 2021 edition

Vaadin, along with major technology firms, such as Microsoft and Google, have been championing progressive web applications for several years now. Last updated on March 30, 2021. A lot has changed in the PWA ecosystem over the last few months. For this reason, we decided to release this “state of ...
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 ...

New component features and development-time improvements in Vaadin 14

The latest feature update for Vaadin 14 includes much-requested component features and development-time improvements. Read on for more about the improved Dialog, pnpm build tool, DateTimePicker component and other new features. The features described in this post are available today in 14.2.0 and ...

Top 5 tips on how to learn Java from the Vaadin community

A big thank you to those who shared their tips and tricks on how to learn Java. Your stories were delightful to read and are appreciated. This post summarizes your stories. The common trend is that learning Java is a process. Some struggled with Java in the beginning. For others, it was a long ...

Building a dashboard for a REST web service in Java

Vaadin is a great tool for building dashboards. Typically, a dashboard is a screen containing information, metrics, key indicators, and other data points related to business processes. Dashboards allow managers to track and monitor the health and performance of their organization. After seeing ...