Tag: Java
Vaadin 8.2 comes with improvements to Binder, Navigator, Grid, and Tree
Although there is currently a lot of buzz around the upcoming Vaadin 10 and Flow, we continue to work with improvements to the Vaadin 8 series, as well. In fact, specific features are developed or improved in the 8 series and then the changes will later be applied to Vaadin Flow. Also, the ...
More on Java 9 compatibility
As discussed earlier, the core of Vaadin 8 is already compatible with Java 9. The issue burdening developers, however, has been the incompatibility of GWT when compiling a new widgetset, or developing new components. For many Vaadin developers, this has been a showstopper, as setting up a different ...
Migrating to Vaadin 10 and beyond
Revised November 2018 - few changes to our plans and product names A year ago I wrote here about our plans how we help current Vaadin Framework 8 users to migrate to Vaadin 10 platform. Since Developer Preview was released we talked to Vaadin customers and got the message that migration path would ...
Vaadin Framework 8 roadmap 2017 and beyond
What happened during 2017? Vaadin Framework 8.0 was released on February 2017. It brought more than 21 Improvements to Vaadin Framework. One of the major features was full Java 8 support. Java 8 allowed us to dramatically improve the Data API. We released Vaadin Framework 8.1 in July. It took a bit ...
Making custom components for declarative use
Vaadin introduced declarative syntax for initializing screen compositions in Framework 7.4. Since its release, declarative serialization and initialization have been associated for the most part with the Vaadin Designer product, where this syntax is used to describe a user interface design in a ...
Charts with Vaadin
A great web application needs awesome graphs to visualize data in a human-readable form, so let’s have a look at how to add some to yours. Let’s first consider the different options we have for creating charts; Vaadin Pro and Prime come with Vaadin Charts, Vaadin Directory has several add-ons for ...
A Guide to migrating from GXT to Vaadin
Vaadin has always had a strong position when companies are evaluating the next platform to migrate their Java based desktop applications to. The programming model of Vaadin Framework is very similar to their existing codebase, which immediately makes Vaadin feel natural and productive to work with. ...
Framework’s client-server communication simplifies your life
One unique feature of Vaadin Framework is the way it automatically manages communication between the user's browser and your server. The biggest benefit of this is not directly related to communication, but rather that you can use a very productive programming model. Programming model Without the ...
Progressive web apps in Java
Update 29-June-2018: There are now more in depth resources about PWA, and example of integrating PWA with Vaadin Flow. What is the big deal about Progressive Web Applications (PWAs) and why are they trending nowadays? Here is one explanation by Google: “It [PWA] loads quickly, even on flaky ...