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Data-Centric Applications with Vaadin 8

By : Alejandro Duarte
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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

This chapter served as an introduction to the architecture of a Vaadin application and its main players. We explained the most important parts of a Vaadin application and how they are connected. We also learned how to create a minimal Vaadin application from scratch by adding every single configuration required by ourselves.

In the next chapter, you will learn how to implement main screens and custom application modules that are discovered and registered with a Vaadin application at runtime.