Unlock the power of user research: Building delightful business applications

With over 20 years of experience in web applications across various business verticals, our Vaadin experts have discovered the remarkable benefits that well-researched and -designed business applications offer. From reducing errors to delivering delightful user experiences, this distinction is ...
AI for business applications

Harnessing generative AI for business applications: Practical insights from Vaadin

AI and Generative AI (GAI) will clearly be the next transformative wave for software, likely even more impactful than the adoption of the internet, mobile, and cloud technologies. As an industry, we are just beginning a multi-decade journey to fully harness the value of GAI for developers and users ...
2023 State of Java in the Enterprise report

2023 Trends for Java in the Enterprise

According to developer surveys, Java is one of the top three programming languages, and its use continues to grow. While Java has long been the workhorse language for business applications, there has been little data available about how enterprises are really using Java. This first-ever State of ...
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Practical Tips for Improving Your UX

Any business application's user experience (UX) is essential because it directly influences how users interact with and perceive the product. A well-designed UX improves daily productivity, lessens friction, and leads to fewer mistakes, more efficiency, and happier users. Whether you want to ...

PWAs for Business Applications: What Enterprise Dev Teams Need to Know

The benefits of Progressive Web Applications (PWA) for consumer apps and especially e-commerce apps are often reported. But beyond conversion, organic traffic, and daily active users, there are real benefits for business and enterprise applications – without additional effort, when using the right ...
InfoWorld Bossie 2022 Awards

Vaadin wins InfoWorld Bossie Award

The annual IDG’s InfoWorld Bossie Awards recognize the best business-oriented open source software products of the year. On October 17th, Vaadin had the honor of being recognized as one of the best open source software of 2022. InfoWorld’s columnist Andrew C. Oliver shared his view on why Vaadin ...

The state of Java in the enterprise survey

Take the survey → According to the PYPL PopularitY of Programming Language Index, in November 2022, Java is the second most popular language in the world. This ranking is determined by analyzing requests for programming language tutorials on Google. In addition, Java also holds its position among ...

Enterprise UX shouldn’t suck: How to build enterprise apps with the user in mind

Enterprise UX can be defined simply as UX for workplace apps. This refers to the apps that help employees run critical business processes for example in factories and financial and medical institutions. Internal apps used only in the workplace for timekeeping, compliance, and other organizational ...
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Web apps vs Native mobile apps: Which one is better for you?

One of the first challenges in building an application is deciding which platforms to support. Native mobile apps offer great usability but are expensive to build. On the other hand, web apps work on all platforms but have traditionally been unable to deliver the same user experience as native ...