We’re excited to introduce the Vaadin Application Showcase—a curated collection of UI mockups designed to inspire and guide developers in building modern business applications. Whether you’re creating enterprise dashboards, back-office tools, or mobile-friendly applications, the showcase demonstrates how Vaadin’s full-stack Java platform enables intuitive, high-performance UI design.
Why we created the Vaadin Showcase
Developers often ask, “What can I build with Vaadin?” The Vaadin Showcase answers this by providing real UI examples across industries, demonstrating how Vaadin can be used to build enterprise dashboards, back-office tools, and mobile-friendly applications. It features curated mockups, customer-driven designs, and Vaadin demo applications that highlight best practices and platform capabilities.
This showcase serves as a resource for inspiration and learning, helping developers:
- Explore different UI layouts and interaction patterns
- Understand how Vaadin components work together in real-world applications
- Apply best practices to create scalable, user-friendly business applications
By exploring these mockups, you can gain a better understanding of how Vaadin enables efficient, user-friendly application development.
What defines a modern business app?
A modern business application is designed for efficiency, usability, and long-term maintainability. Key characteristics include:
- Consistency – The application is based on a tailored set of reusable components to support usability and maintainability
- Intuitiveness – Users can predict how web apps work based on their prior experience with other web-based tools.
- Beautiful – Clean and minimalistic styling that fits the purpose of the application.
- Tailored – The application serves a specific group of professionals and meets their unique needs.
For a deeper dive into modern business app design, check out Building Great Business Applications with Java and Web Technologies by Jouni Koivuviita.
Need help with UX design? We’ve got you covered!
The Vaadin UX design team specializes in creating modern, user-friendly enterprise applications that are both functional and intuitive. Our experts crafted every mockup in the Vaadin Showcase to demonstrate best practices in enterprise UX.
Whether you need a fresh UI concept, an improved user experience, or a full design system tailored to your brand, we can help.
Why work with us?
Business web apps: Our focus is on creating the best user experience for experts doing critical tasks. We’ve seen hundreds of apps and can advise you on the best approaches in enterprise UX.
Beyond design: Everyone in our design team is able to work with HTML, CSS, Java, and TypeScript. We can help you turn the designs into a functional application. We also support your team with user research and testing as needed.
Best Vaadin designers: We work exclusively on the web platform. Knowing the Vaadin frameworks like the back of our hands allows us to produce designs that are effortless to implement.
Our UX design services include:
- Custom UI/UX design tailored to your application’s needs.
- User research & usability testing to ensure an optimal experience.
- Design system creation for consistency across applications.
- Expert consulting to refine and modernize your existing UI.
Whether you need a fresh UI concept, a full design system, or improved usability, we can help bring your vision to life. Learn more about our UX services.
What’s next?
We will continue to expand the Vaadin Showcase with new UI designs and use cases to demonstrate the full potential of the Vaadin platform.
If you’re looking for more real-world examples of Vaadin in action, check out our customer success stories. Learn how businesses across industries have successfully built and modernized their applications with Vaadin.
Explore the Vaadin Application Showcase today at vaadin.com/showcase and see what’s possible with Vaadin.
FAQ
What is Vaadin?
Vaadin is a full-stack Java platform for building modern, secure, and scalable business applications.
With two separate frameworks, Vaadin Flow and Hilla, a rich set of UI components, seamless data binding, and built-in security, Vaadin simplifies development and maintenance, making it an ideal choice for applications that require long-term scalability and reliability.
What is Vaadin used for?
Vaadin is designed for business-critical applications where security, performance, and usability are key. Businesses use Vaadin to build:
- Enterprise dashboards with real-time data visualization.
- Back-office and administrative tools for managing business operations.
- Customer portals with secure authentication and data access.
- Mobile-friendly business applications that work across devices.
- Modernized legacy applications by replacing outdated UI frameworks with a more maintainable solution.
By handling both the frontend and backend, Vaadin reduces development complexity, enabling teams to focus on delivering high-quality applications faster.