2014
Packt Publishing
Mikołaj Olszewski
2:19
English

Vaadin is a Java framework designed to build modern web applications that look great, perform well, and make you and your users happy. The programming model in Vaadin is similar to those you might have worked with before, with a focus on your productivity. Thanks to Vaadin, the process of creating a fully-featured application from scratch is simple.
This tutorial develops a powerful application from scratch by adding features in small increments, with a rapid feedback cycle, until a complete piece of working software is written. You will get started with a simple “hello world” application generated by a Vaadin plugin to Eclipse. When you know your requirements, you will go on to organise the contents of your software with views and connect navigation to them. The next step is connecting data from a SQL database, followed by improving the look-and-feel of the application. You then learn how to store user information in session data and improve responsiveness by using background threads. Lastly, you will take a look at extending the framework with your own components and add-ons from the commercial Vaadin offering.
All in all, the journey from "hello world" to working software should give you a glimpse of how easy it is to develop an outstanding web application with Vaadin.

Getting Started
The Eclipse Setup
Running and Debugging
Overview of Components
Events and Listeners
Application Requirements
Layouts, Views, and Navigation
Views
Navigator
Layouts
Notifications and Windows
Style Names of Components
The Vaadin Data Model
The Vaadin Data Model
Setting Up a Database
SQLContainer
Validating and Buffering Fields
Binding Fields with Data
Styles, Themes, and Notifications
Creating Custom Themes
CSS Basics and Built-in Styles
Width, Height, and Layouts
Performance Issues
Logging In, Sessions, e-mails, and Notifications
Logging In – Querying Containers
Storing Session Data
Preventing Views from Being Displayed
Passing Parameters to Navigator (Part 1)
Passing Parameters to Navigator (Part 2)
Server-side Operations
Adding Files to Our Application
Embedding External Content
Server-side Data Processing – Running Threads
Displaying the Progress of an Operation
Server Push – Server-initiated Communication
Extending Components
Extending Components
Custom Widgets – Server-side (Part 1)
Custom Widgets – Client-side and Server-side Events (Part 2)
The Vaadin Directory
Summary and Other Topics
The Project Summary
Sending E-mails
Vaadin and JPA – JPAContainer
Testing GUI – TestBench
Vaadin Goes Mobile – TouchKit

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