Top fullstack Java UI frameworks 2024

The best Java UI frameworks for full stack development in 2024

A framework is a collection of predefined code that developers use to create applications. Given Java’s endurance as the programming language of choice for decades, it has many frameworks with pre-existing libraries, classes, and functions. Developers can build applications without having to write ...
Best practices for Java web application security

Best practices for Java web application security

Java is platform-independent, robust, and scalable – and it’s widely used across business and enterprise. But is Java secure? At Vaadin, we know that Java is secure by design, but we also know that, just like any other component of the secure development process, security comes down to how Java is ...
Creating Custom Form Fields in Vaadin

Creating well-behaving form fields using CustomField

Developing well-structured Vaadin applications is essentially composing a lot of well-named custom components. Some of those components have a few more responsibilities than giving order and structure to your codebase – namely fields, the components you use in your forms to edit the properties of ...
four app modernization strategies: rehosting, refactoring, rearchitecting, and rebuilding

Four app modernization strategies and best practices

Cutting-edge applications are necessary to maintain a competitive edge in the post-COVID era. As users demand faster load times, seamless interfaces, and accessibility across devices, businesses must evolve their technology. However, legacy applications—often critical to business operations—can ...
4 Simple ways to display geospatial features in Vaadin Flow UIs

Four ways to display geospatial features in Vaadin Flow UIs

Java is a commonly used platform to edit geospatial data. There is almost an overload of various tools and libraries available. There are a number of UI widgets for Vaadin that allow you to plot and even edit geospatial information. The unique architecture of Vaadin Flow also allows you to build ...
Build modern web business solutions 100% in Java with Vaadin

4 Benefits of Java for enterprise application development

Enterprise application development isn’t just about building software—it’s about creating systems that can handle massive workloads, ensure top-notch security, and integrate effortlessly with legacy infrastructure. Java consistently delivers on these needs. In this article, we’ll uncover why Java ...
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Build modern web apps 100% in Kotlin

Build modern web apps in 100% Java is the tagline often used for Vaadin Flow. By changing the language, this could actually apply to Kotlin as well, known for its Kotlin-to-JavaScript transpilation. Kotlin code can be transpiled to JavaScript for execution in the browser, so one could argue that no ...
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Looking for a Java Swing alternative? Consider Vaadin’s modern UI framework

Discover how Vaadin's modern UI framework offers a seamless and advanced alternative to Java Swing for developing desktop and web applications. Is Java Swing still being used? Java Swing was once the go-to for creating desktop applications, but as technology has evolved, it's starting to show its ...
Responsive Web Design with Java and Vaadin Flow

Building responsive websites with Java and Vaadin Flow

Responsive web design is an approach to building web applications that dynamically change the size or orientation of the visible elements for ideal viewing on viewports of various sizes. At various breakpoints (developer-defined numerical values of viewpoint dimensions), one may notice menus ...