While Vaadin is about writing and reusing UI components, OSGi is a specification for writing bundles from which you create your application. It is not part of the Java EE specification, but still a very popular solution for managing application modularization. It helps you reuse your code, start ...

Last week over 600 Vaadin enthusiasts took the Vaadin Certification exam. From these over 160 people showed the skills to receive the diploma and passed the exam. Congratulations for all of you who passed, you are now part of an elite group. Didn’t pass? Prepare. Based on the statistics, you can ...

Greetings from the Liferay Symposium. The event was great and we have had many good discussions with new and old Vaadin fans over here. And this is no wonder, like you learned earlier Vaadin-based applications took double-win the Liferay Marketplace. Announcing the new Vaadin Liferay refcard The ...

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 ...

In June we asked you about how Vaadin applications go to production. What kind of apps do you use Vaadin for, what are the popular servers, and how regression testing is managed. A special thank you to everyone who took the time and answered. Here is what you said. Business. And more business. Most ...

The next minor version of Vaadin 7 series is available for application developers around the world. Like we stated earlier, this is the second step in our iterative process of adding new features to Vaadin 7. So, let’s get started with these. Make more responsive applications This actually means ...

We launched Vaadin 7 Certification almost a year ago to follow the initial Vaadin 7.0 release. The few hundred of you who have taken the exam have given us valuable feedback on the certification. Now, nearly one year later, we're happy to announce new, revised certification questions. To celebrate ...

Last month we ran a survey at vaadin.com to better understand how you learn and find information about Vaadin Framework and tools. Learn Vaadin There are a ton of web resources for people starting to learn Vaadin, but the most important source of information is still Book of Vaadin - also available ...