Welcoming the 2024 Vaadin Champions

With AutoCrud, Vaadin has a powerful React component that simplifies creating a full CRUD for a Java entity in just a few steps. The acronym CRUD stands for Create, Read, Update, and Delete database operations—basic functions for editing data in a form. The AutoCrud component provides the following ...

Building applications for a global audience requires more than just translating text. It's about creating a user experience that feels native for users in different regions, regardless of their language or cultural background. This is where internationalization (i18n) and localization (l10n) come ...

Every new Vaadin release comes packed with a selection of enhancements and improvements. But have you ever wondered how the Vaadin team decides which features to include? In this blog post, we’ll dive into the process behind feature selection, explain how you can get involved, and showcase two ...

The Central Repository, often referred also as Maven Central or simply Central, is the primary repository for publicly shared JVM libraries, independent of the actual build tool. For example, since JCenter was closed, you are most likely using Maven Central, even if you wouldn’t be using Maven. ...

As a developer, there often comes a time when you need to quickly display your data structures in a human-readable format on the screen. During development, debuggers often provide a nice tree-like view of your data objects, which helps visualize the structure. Building something similar manually ...

Say hello to Vaadin 24.5! This release brings exciting new capabilities to the platform, including the Vaadin Control Center for managing apps in production and automatic user management without extra development. You'll also find the Vaadin Modernization Toolkit for seamless migration from older ...

We’re excited to introduce the very first public preview of Vaadin Control Center—a powerful DevOps tool for Java developers deploying on Kubernetes. It simplifies the operation of Vaadin apps in production, seamlessly integrating with both new and existing Java applications, so you can deploy, ...

In 2020, we embarked on developing modern collaborative functionalities for your Vaadin applications, tackling the challenges of managing UI state changes and synchronization and ensuring every update efficiently reaches the appropriate users. Our journey has been a learning curve—enhanced by user ...

When building useful applications, things like animations are typically the last thing to think about. They all seem like extra work away from solving the “real problem.” Yet, we all know that they enhance the user experience by making interactions smoother and more intuitive. I’ve always been ...