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Vaadin 8 beta is out - we need your help!
Update: We are now in RC state, help us to iron out the last bugs before first stable release! I’m happy to announce that the first beta version of the next major Vaadin Framework release is out. As discussed earlier, version 8 is a huge step forward taking advantage of the greatest and latest Java ...
Microservices and Vaadin UIs
If you have been following the web development industry in the last years, there’s a good chance that you have at least heard about microservices architectures. Some would say microservices are a specialization of SOA, others that microservices are the same as SOA, or that microservices are SOA ...
GitHub transition: completed
Like the most active of you have already noticed, Vaadin has been moving its open source functions to GitHub. Today, we can finally say we are there. Vaadin Framework is the biggest and the most important project to adapt a fully GitHub based workflow. What does this mean to you? In short: forget ...
Date-picker gets even better for December
Vaadin Elements has just been updated with improvement to vaadin-date-picker. This update brings some customizability to the element, as well as accessibility and performance improvements. Max and min date limits can now be added with the `min` and `max` properties. Now you’ll never accidentally ...
Use XLSX files on the web with Vaadin Spreadsheet 1.3
Your browser doesn't support HTML5 video. We are proud to announce the release of Vaadin Spreadsheet 1.3. Vaadin Spreadsheet is a Vaadin Add-on that enables you to use your existing Excel files online. Your files work as-is and come with the same styling and functions, just online. New features and ...
Community Spotlight - November 2016
The past months have been amazing for Vaadin Directory. We have close to 700 published add-ons! In this month’s Community Spotlight I’d like to highlight some of the new add-ons contributed by our community in the last six months. Although I’m only featuring completely new add-ons here, there are ...
Stéphane Nicoll: Vaadin’s ability to integrate with your backend is quite unique
If you follow the world of Java and Open Source, there’s a big chance that you have stumbled upon articles, videos, forum answers, talks, and code from Stéphane Nicoll. I had the pleasure of meeting Stéphane some days ago at Vaadin’s headquarters in Finland and I interviewed him about Spring Boot ...
Take a REST by integrating Salesforce into Vaadin
Consuming RESTful web services is quite a common topic currently. Many of the trendy microservices just provide a RESTful API which must then be consumed from the UI layer. Salesforce provides a rather complete UI for their services, but they also provide excellent hooks for developers to build ...
The Free Vaadin Certification Week is on again!
Have you ever wanted to show that you have what it takes to be a Vaadin expert? Then this is your chance to join the over 795 Certified Vaadin developers all over the globe and prove your skills. The certification week is between November 28th and December 4th 2016. Not only will you get an ...