Technical articles about Java, Vaadin, Spring, architecture, SCM and software development written by the Flowing Code team.
Applications had good data entry screens, and users still asked to import from Excel. The same thing is happening now with MCP and AI agents. Why it's worth adding, which rules it has to respect, and what doors it opens.
Read MoreAI makes it fast to generate a Vaadin component, but not to maintain one. Why we keep building, publishing and maintaining add-ons, and how AI helps …
Read MoreBusiness teams are building their own apps with AI, the way they once built Excel spreadsheets. That's fine. What happens when one of those apps …
Read MoreVaadin 25.3 added Switch, a core component very close to our Toggle Button add-on. Here is why we rebuilt Toggle Button 2.0 on top of it instead of …
Read MoreCommons Demo is the free, open-source library behind our Vaadin add-on demos. See what it does and how to use it in your own projects.
Read MoreHow we modernize large legacy applications step by step, without a big-bang rewrite. Lessons from two ERP migrations that took years and never stopped …
Read MoreIntroducing AppJars: A set of production-ready modules for Spring Boot and Vaadin. User management, audit logs, i18n and more, free to try.
Read MoreDiscover the built-in support for right-click events on mobile and touch devices using the Google Maps Add-on for Vaadin applications.
Read MoreBuild a Vaadin add-on at record speed with Claude. The architect role allows fast planning, iterating, and validating.
Read MoreIs Vaadin still relevant in 2026? A practical perspective based on real-world projects, long-term maintenance, and the latest Vaadin 25.
Read MoreWe migrated a Vaadin 10 app to Vaadin 25 in record time. Discover the power of clean architecture and our AI workflow with Claude.
Read MoreCelebrating 9 years of innovation! Explore our latest Vaadin 25 migrations, AI-driven solutions, and the fresh new look of Flowing Code.
Read MoreA practical look at how we simplified add-ons migration to Vaadin 25 using a JSON compatibility helper for Elemental JSON and Jackson 3
Read MoreFlowing Code celebrates its ISO 9001:2015 recertification with TÜV Rheinland and a team that proves quality is built every single day.
Read MoreHow we integrated AI-powered CodeRabbit into our review process. Lessons learned, benefits, and how it improved our workflow.
Read MoreFlowing Code celebrates 8 years of growth, evolution, and key milestones in projects, open source, and product development
Read MoreA quick catch up on how we kept contributing to the open source world with our Vaadin add-ons development during 2024.
Read MoreFlowing Code achieves its third external ISO 9001:2015 audit, focusing on continuous improvement, feedback, and sustainability
Read MoreIntroduction to Syntax Highlighter and Image Crop, our first add-ons created using the new Vaadin integration for React Components.
Read MoreHow to use Google Maps Add-on in Vaadin applications to get and track the user's current geographic location.
Read MoreWhy we prefer Time and Material model for software development, focusing on flexibility, transparency, and better collaboration
Read MoreAn introduction on how to use Badge List Add-on component to enhance data representation and user interaction in Vaadin applications.
Read MoreFlowing Code celebrates 7 years of innovation, adaptation, and growth. Discover key projects, client work, and open-source achievements.
Read MoreDiscover Flowing Code latest year in review and celebrate six years of innovation, growth, and high-quality software solutions.
Read MoreFlowing Code successfully passed the external audit that evaluated the conformity of our Quality Management System with the requirements of the …
Read MoreIn this article we will explain how to install Vembu BDR by using a docker-compose to make it easier to have a versioned configuration
Read MoreA detailed tutorial on how to build a Web Component from Angular Components and how to use the result in a Vaadin application.
Read MoreShort tutorial explaining how to use our AppLayout Addon in a new Hilla application created at start.vaadin.com
Read MoreFive years flowing. As we celebrate reaching this amazing milestone, here is a quick review of our last year.
Read MoreTutorial explaining how to connect to a WebSocket using Spring Reactive WebClient and display realtime cryptocurrencies prices using Vaadin
Read MoreAn example on how to display hierarchical data implementing a Vaadin TreeGrid component with lazy loading, filtering and sorting.
Read MoreOur usual year in review, where we go through our remarkable achievements working for our customers and open sourced projects for our growing …
Read MoreThe world is not the same and neither are we. Many interesting things to read about what we were doing in our last year in review.
Read MoreA review of how to deal with theming and styling in each version of Vaadin, focusing in the advantages present in the 14 version
Read MoreDetailed explanation of how to configure a Vaadin Grid to use all of the most useful features needed when building an enterprise application
Read MoreA look back at Flowing Code’s second year: visiting Vaadin, sharing open source projects and technical articles, and growing our software development …
Read MoreWrap a JavaScript component with a Java server-side API in Vaadin Flow. Follow the integration approach and example for using existing JavaScript …
Read MoreA detailed overview analysis of what is needed to define a good planning of your SCM strategy that will highly increase the quality of your …
Read MoreHighlights from our Vaadin presentation at Universidad Nacional del Litoral, covering client-server applications, Web Components and modern Java web …
Read MoreExplore our 2018 World Cup demo built with Vaadin 10, Spring and a REST API, showing responsive views with real-time and aggregated football …
Read MoreImplement lazy loading in a Vaadin 8 ComboBox using a REST API and Spring. Follow the Java example to fetch matching options as the user types.
Read MoreFlowing Code’s first year: forming the company, opening our office, growing the development team and sharing technical articles and open source …
Read MoreTroubleshoot Vaadin widgetset compilation with practical tips on Maven configuration, GWT dependencies and common build issues.
Read MoreDebug custom Vaadin client-side components with GWT and Eclipse. Configure your widgetset and development tools to trace code running in the browser.
Read MoreFlowing Code opened its Santa Fe office with talks on Vaadin 8 and the Vaadin 10 developer preview, bringing local developers together to share …
Read MoreConfigure Spring Security for a simple Vaadin application. This introductory example walks through Maven setup and the initial security configuration.
Read MoreExplore editing in the Vaadin Grid component, including inline editing behavior, common implementation difficulties and ways to work with editable …
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