Tag: Vaadin-flow
Let's set the stage with a cliché: software development is constantly evolving towards ever higher levels of abstraction. We have object-oriented and functional programming built on top of imperative programming on top of assembler on top of machine code. Each new paradigm starts out with some rough edges that are gradually refined to a point where it's a solid foundation for the next paradigm. This is also what's been happening with full-stack development for web applications.
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How to create a user registration form in pure Java
Learn how to create a responsive signup form with error handling and cross-field validation written in pure Java. Last updated September 2024. In this guide, we create a standard registration form with error handling and cross-field validation. This signup form is developed entirely in pure Java ...
Building a Vaadin & Gemini AI chatbot: Context management and UI customization
Welcome to part two of our series on building an AI-powered chatbot using Vaadin and Google's Gemini AI 1.5 model. In this post, we’ll enhance the basic Gemini AI chatbot from part one with advanced features like context management, a customized UI with Vaadin components, and an improved user ...
The status of Java Swing - And why consider modernization
Java Swing has been supporting enterprise applications for decades. However, Swing is now in maintenance mode and no longer reflects the state of the art in application development. But does that mean that Java Swing is deprecated, and what are the alternatives for organizations that use Swing? ...
Building an OpenAI-powered chatbot in Java
Updated in August 2024. Want to build a better version of ChatGPT? Learn how to integrate OpenAI's Chat Completions API to add an intelligent chatbot to your Vaadin Flow chat application. Create a new chat app with OpenAI chatbot integration Using the service at start.vaadin.com, create a new ...
Vaadin 24.4 opens the door to the land of React
One prominent theme in Vaadin 24.4 is integration with React in various forms. React has grown in popularity to the point where it's currently the most popular UI rendering library for web applications. This means that there's excellent availability of third-party components, learning resources, ...
Building a Vaadin & Gemini AI Chatbot
This is the first part of our in-depth series on building a Vaadin & Gemini AI chatbot. In part two, we’ll add context management and UI customizations to enhance the chatbot. This blog post will detail how to build a web application that allows the user to input text prompts and receive a text ...
Java Swing: Rising tech debt costs signal it's time to modernize
Tech debt from legacy frameworks like Java Swing poses significant issues with major consequences for societies, governments, and companies of all sizes. According to 2022 CISQ research, the technical debt that the US economy has developed would require $1.52 trillion to fix. As time goes on, this ...
Think twice before overriding Object.equals()
Overriding the Object.equals(Object) method, and its “companion” Object.hashCode(), provides your classes with some superpowers, but they are also one of the most common sources of problems that I see new and sometimes also more experienced Java and Vaadin developers struggling with. Some ...
Four ways to display geospatial features in Vaadin Flow UIs
Java is a commonly used platform to edit geospatial data. There is almost an overload of various tools and libraries available. There are a number of UI widgets for Vaadin that allow you to plot and even edit geospatial information. The unique architecture of Vaadin Flow also allows you to build ...