Upgrading Vaadin Applications

Get more from your applications

Upgrade your applications to the latest Vaadin platform and reap the benefits experienced by hundreds of organizations each year. Keeping your applications updated makes it easier for you to demonstrate compliance, improve user and developer experience, and optimize browser performance while enabling scalable, real-time collaboration capabilities.
Upgrading Vaadin Apps

More Value For Your Business

Upgrade Applications for Added Value
Stay compliant with business and regulatory requirements, improve interoperability within your value chain, and scale apps easily as your organization grows.
Integration Made Simple
Increase the value and portability of your application by making it easier to integrate with other industry-specific applications, COTS, ERP, etc., and your supply chain. Upgrade to the most recent version of Vaadin Flow to leverage W3C specifications like Web Components.
Conform to Changing Norms
Upgrade to the latest release of Vaadin’s Java framework, Vaadin Flow, to access the latest best practices for your data and align your organization with security compliance frameworks such as GDPR. Vaadin also simplifies the work of your developers to ensure that your applications meet the latest UI accessibility requirements.
Easily Scale Your Applications
Get the benefits of uninterrupted operation of your business-critical applications with High Availability (HA) failover withVaadin’s frameworks and Kubernetes Kit. HA giving your DevOps many moving parts to troubleshoot? Simplify this task with Vaadin’s Observability Kit, available in the latest Vaadin platform.

Empower Developers

Upgrade for Faster Development
By upgrading your Vaadin applications, you can take advantage of the latest browser standards like FlexBox and CSS3, as well as the newest features of the Java language. This simplifies development and troubleshooting, reducing the need for deep expertise in older, complex runtimes like widgetsets and connectors from Vaadin 8.
Simplified Control
Newer Vaadin versions give the developer the most direct control over client-side JavaScript from the server, and server-side Java from the client, with minimal boilerplate and moving parts.
Making Development and Troubleshooting Easier
Reap the benefits of Web Components through rich semantics afforded by Custom Elements. Gone are the days of sifting through a maze of DIVs that make up your UI’s structure! See at-a-glance correspondence between object trees in Java and the client DOM.
Bring in the Latest Web Standards
Upgrading your applications to the latest Vaadin platform can make a big difference. Vaadin continually reinvests in its platform to bring the latest Java and Web specifications within reach of developers. Developers familiar with Java, W3C specifications, and Spring can quickly enhance their productivity by leveraging Vaadin’s most recent frameworks and tools to create powerful web applications.

Delightful User Experience

Leverage the Intuition of Your Users with a Modern UX
Deliver an exceptional user experience with optimal performance in all browsers. Ensure accessibility and responsiveness for a user-friendly application. Foster collaboration among users, enabling seamless teamwork. Elevate your user experience with enhanced performance, accessibility, and collaboration.
An Experience for Everyone
Ensure a delightful experience for users of all abilities. Vaadin has made consistent efforts to make accessibility a priority in all components so maximum compliance with WCAG guidelines can be achieved with minimal developer effort.
Seamless Compatibility and User Experiences
Applications on the latest Vaadin Flow versions work consistently across all browsers and devices, thanks to fuller support of Web specifications, unlocking the best user experience a browser can deliver.
Collaboration Is Key
Vaadin’s Collaboration Kit provides real-time synchronization of user state and data across multiple client instances, ensuring optimal communication and coordination and unleashing users’ potential to excel in their work.
Upgrade Today

See Our Upgrade Guides

Explore our upgrade guides and elevate your Vaadin application with the latest features, security updates, and performance improvements. Check out our free technical documentation on upgrading between Vaadin versions.
V7 to V8
V8 to Vaadin Flow (covers V10 through V14)
V14 to V23
V23 to V24
Upgrade with Confidence

Explore Our Tools

Whether you're aiming to extend support or enhance your current application, our expert services and suite of robust tools are here to ensure a smooth and efficient transition.
Modernization Toolkit
Upgrading from V7/V8 to V23 or V24? Automate your migration to Vaadin 24 with the Vaadin Modernization Toolkit to benefit from the latest features, ensure the security of your application, and improve application performance.
Extended Maintenance
Secure your Vaadin 8 applications with our comprehensive extended maintenance service. Stay updated with critical security patches and performance improvements.
MPR
MPR allows you to run applications developed with earlier Vaadin versions inside Vaadin Flow. This means you can leverage new features and improvements without rewriting your existing applications.
Need Help?

Get Expert Assistance

Upgrading your Vaadin application doesn't just mean keeping up with the latest features; it's about enhancing performance, security, and user experience to stay ahead in the game. From initial assessment to final implementation, our team is here to provide expert assistance at every step of your Vaadin journey.
Upgrade Assessment
Whether you’re upgrading from a legacy technology or an older Vaadin version, our thorough migration assessment ensures a migration within budget and with minimal downtime. .
Upgrade Assistance
By leveraging our upgrade tools, we automate a significant portion of the migration effort, saving you valuable time and resources.
UX Review
Our experts analyze your application from a user-centric perspective, recommending improvements to usability, accessibility, and overall user experience.
UX Kickstart
Collaborate with Vaadin UX experts to reimagine a modern look and feel for your existing Vaadin application.
Fine-Tuning
Automate the refactoring of your V8 codebase to upgrade to the latest Vaadin Flow version.

Get Started

Need more help with planning to upgrade your Vaadin application? Book your free consultation with our expert to map out your upgrade path.