valamata / learning-vaadin

Learning Vaadin 7 is a book entrenched in reality, aimed at learning the Vaadin framework in a practical way, step-by-step. This Github repository contains the source code contained in the book.

Learning-Vaadin

Learning Vaadin 7 is a book entrenched in reality, aimed at learning the Vaadin framework in a practical way, step-by-step.

This Github repository contains the source code contained in the book.

Twaattin

The book goes through all steps of learning Vaadin concepts, by building Twaattin, a Twitter client made with the Vaadin framework.

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Chapter 7

Chapter 7 introduces advanced features.

• Server Push: this project displays the time in the browser, and the server updates it regularly.

Chapter 8

Chapter 8 is about add-ons, librarires that enhance Vaadin. Some are server-side, some are client-side.

• Button group: this project illustrates integrating an add-on with client-side code, and more specifically how to compile GWT code.
• Clara: this project displays uses of Clara, an add-on that make it possible to describe UI declaratively with XML instead of programmatically with Java.
• JPA Container: this project shows how to use the JPAContainer add-on, letting us bind a table component to a database table through a JPA model.
• CDI Utils: this project is a lightweigh Twaattin rewrite using the power of the CDI Utils add-on.

Chapter 9

Chapter 9 describes JavaScript and GWT integration.

• Client extension: this project illustrates extensions, by disabling a standard Button component once it is clicked.
• GWT integration: wraps the GWT YouTube widget in a Vaadin component.
• JavaScript integration: wraps the Three.js framework to use in a Vaadin component.

Chapter 10