Vaadin 7.3 has arrived. It has been a long run starting from the development of a new Java-based Sass compiler, but today you can enjoy the results. Valo - theme above all others Valo is the name of the new visual theme in Vaadin 7.3.0. The Finnish word “valo” stands for “light” and the name ...

Can I use Vaadin, if my site does not run on a Java server? Let’s say you have a site, a blog or similar on a server that you have no access to, or it even has no Java capabilities, but you would still like to embed and run a Vaadin application there. To do this you would need to run your Vaadin ...

Every framework has its own demo application and Vaadin has been famous for its Sampler. Sampler has served us well, showcasing Vaadin’s components, but also giving you as a developer an overview of how to create and use the components. Many Vaadin users have got started with Vaadin by copy pasting ...

Stephen Chin runs Nighthacking lab sessions where people around the world can join together online for hacking with the latest Java-related technologies few hours a time. In June I had an opportunity to host Vaadin lab in Nighthacking broadcast. Vaadin Worldwide Hack Day video 1/2 Vaadin Worldwide ...

Various RDBMSs are the de-facto standard for persistency. Using them is such a safe bet by architects that I dare say they are used in too many places nowadays. To fight against this, I have recently been exploring with alternative persistency options, like graph databases. This time I played with ...

One of the main goals for us at Vaadin is to make the world more connected, through the use of the web and by making it as easy as possible for you to create applications that millions of people can use, without you worrying about browser differences or which mobile, tablet or desktop platform your ...

When we first arranged the GWT.create conference last December, we were blown away by the level of both speakers and attendees in the conference. How could we top that? We did not, you did: the word got around and you sent us even more amazing presentation proposals. With these ingredients it was ...

Here at Vaadin, we take software quality seriously. At the core of delivering quality software is learning from past mistakes and continuously improving the way we work. During the past few months, we have introduced some changes to the way we handle bugs. The two biggest improvements visible to ...

After the rainy start, it has been a beautiful summer here in Finland. We have been enjoying our holidays and sailing a lot in the beautiful Finnish archipelago. But like all nerds, we wanted to collect data too. And for this purpose we created a small tracker application for our boats. This shows ...