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This article is for Java teams that maintain important desktop applications and need to decide what to do next: keep the desktop UI, move parts of the application to the browser, modernize gradually, or rewrite.
From VPS to Kubernetes: Containerizing the app in user space
In the previous VPS post we deployed URL shortener service the old-fashioned way: clone the repository, build it on the server, wire up Jetty server, configure nginx by hand, and run Certbot. Quite many steps and moving parts, and everything living as bare processes on a single Ubuntu machine. And ...
Java GUI Framework Comparison 2026: Vaadin vs JavaFX vs Swing
Published 2024, Updated 2026 Choosing Java GUI framework is crucial for building responsive and robust applications. Whether you're working with Swing, JavaFX, or exploring modern frameworks like Vaadin, your choice will significantly impact your project's performance and user experience. Learn how ...
I let AI rebuild a dead Java desktop app for the web. Here's where it broke.
I came to RSS about twenty years late. When I finally went looking for a good reader, one beloved old Eclipse desktop app kept turning up on every "best of" list—RSSOwl—and it wouldn't even launch on my Mac. I'm a developer, so instead of shrugging I got nosy: how hard would it actually be to ...
Best Backend Frameworks for Enterprise Development in 2026
Choosing a backend framework isn't just about picking the most popular technology anymore. In 2026, enterprise teams are weighing performance against ecosystem maturity, developer availability against cloud costs, and greenfield flexibility against a decade of institutional knowledge already baked ...
Spring Boot 3.5 to 4 Migration Playbook: A Step-by-Step Guide for Teams
Upgrading to Spring Boot 4 is about more than changing a version number in your pom.xml. Before you upgrade, it's worth taking stock of your project: your Java version, Spring Cloud release train, JSON serialization, servlet container, Vaadin version, Spring AI dependencies, native-image builds, CI ...
Maximizing Control and Flexibility in AI-Driven Software Development
2026 has been a watershed year in software engineering. The debate over whether AI would ever replace human developers is over: New, improved – often self-improved – AI tools are landing with startling regularity, and the results speak for themselves. Agentic coding assistants can now execute ...
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Vaadin 25.2: Build UIs in plain language, and call the browser from Java
Vaadin 25.2 is the second feature release in the 25.x line. It brings three main additions: you can put AI to work inside your data views, call native browser capabilities from plain Java, and turn your existing end-to-end tests into load tests. You also get new and updated components, deeper ...
Introducing Vaadin Enterprise Edition
Today we are introducing Vaadin Enterprise Edition, a dedicated Vaadin product for organizations building and maintaining business-critical Java applications. Vaadin Enterprise Edition, or Vaadin EE, is the same Vaadin framework you already use, maintained as a separate edition for enterprise use, ...
SwingBridge 1.2: Java Swing and Vaadin, now talking to each other
SwingBridge 1.2 is out. The headline is interoperability: your existing Swing code and your new Vaadin views can now call each other directly, in plain Java, with the threading handled for you. The release also improves in-browser responsiveness, adds support for NetBeans RCP applications, and ...