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Data-Centric Applications with Vaadin 8

By : Alejandro Duarte
Book Image

Data-Centric Applications with Vaadin 8

By: Alejandro Duarte

Overview of this book

Vaadin is an open-source Java framework used to build modern user interfaces. Vaadin 8 simplifies application development and improves user experience. The book begins with an overview of the architecture of Vaadin applications and the way you can organize your code in modules.Then it moves to the more advanced topics about advanced topics such as internationalization, authentication, authorization, and database connectivity. The book also teaches you how to implement CRUD views, how to generate printable reports, and how to manage data with lazy loading. By the end of this book you will be able to architect, implement, and deploy stunning Vaadin applications, and have the knowledge to master web development with Vaadin.
Table of Contents (11 chapters)

Summary

In this chapter, we learned how to keep track of authenticated users by using the HTTP session. We also learned how to implement the remember me feature by using cookies in a secure way. Finally, we discussed authorization strategies, including coding authorization logic directly in UI components and coding it by using request data.

In the next chapter, you will learn about how to connect to SQL databases using multiple Java persistence frameworks with Vaadin.