Vaadin 14 is the latest Long-term support (LTS) version of the Java web framework. Since the previous LTS version (Vaadin 10), we have released a lot of great features, like CDI support, dynamic route registration, Material theme, keyboard shortcuts, and 18 new components, to name a few. Assuming ...

We are happy to present a newly designed vaadin.com that is focused on improving the experience for all the developers out there. The reason behind the update was that we wanted to clarify and simplify how we explain Vaadin on our website and help users to get started with our product in a more ...

Over more than 18 years, Vaadin framework has evolved from a small library, a toolkit, to one of the most popular Java frameworks for front-end development. One of the notable changes in the history of the Vaadin framework was in 2009 when we started to use the GWT library to build the UI ...

We were all expecting to see a fresh new LTS stamped Vaadin 14 release at the beginning of the summer. The project was a bit late due to the documentation, but we thought we could catch up. At the same time, we started to spot some issues with the new npm based tooling that affects the developer ...

An active community of 150 000 developers is building amazing business applications using Vaadin around the world and we wanted to know what do they really build with Vaadin. We had a raffle on Twitter, where people could tweet a picture of their Vaadin application and take part in a t-shirt ...

Starting with Vaadin 14, we use npm instead of Bower. Why are we doing this? What does this mean for you? And what is the future of existing components in Vaadin that are using Bower? The migration from Bower is a must, this is old news: Why Bower or npm? Both Bower and npm are dependency ...

The Firefox 67 update, published on May 21, broke many web apps. The new Universal 2nd Factor API, now enabled by default, reserves a global variable called u2f. Updated Vaadin versions are now available. The new Universal 2nd Factor API may break especially applications using JavaScript ...

Update 25th June: Most new features are production ready, but we still want to take a timeout to fix some developer experience related issues in the new npm mode. Thus we are releasing another RC this week instead of final LTS release. With the npm mode, which is the default for new projects, ...

In March 2018 Oracle released its Java Client Roadmap update. The document was significant because it acknowledged the creeping obsolescence affecting all desktop-oriented Java technologies including Swing, Applets, Web Start, and JavaFX. The roadmap update mentions the shift to mobile-first and ...