European Accessibility Act (EAA): What Vaadin users need to know

European Accessibility Act and Vaadin - What you need to know

The European Accessibility Act (EAA) comes into effect at the end of June 2025, introducing new legal obligations for digital services in the EU. It offers a chance for businesses to modernize their digital services and deliver more inclusive, user-friendly experiences. For organizations using legacy Java apps — especially in ecommerce, banking, or transportation — this is an opportunity to future-proof your applications and create real value for all users.

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Latest news on Vaadin Extended Maintenance

Latest news from Extended Maintenance

Vaadin 7 extended maintenance started in March 2019, and Vaadin 8 in February 2022. Vaadin 23 Prime support has just started in March 2024, and Vaadin 14 goes into extended maintenance in August 2024. So, what have we been doing lately? Let's take a look! Taking care of the infrastructure The build ...

Mission RIP Table: Migrate to Grid! - Intro

Vaadin Grid was announced over two years ago, and since then it has evolved with many new features and enhancements. If this wasn’t enough killer for the Table component, then the announcement of Vaadin Framework 8 earlier this year, with explicit deprecation of Table, places it in a critical ...

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 ...

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 ...