Vaadin Flow 2.2.0.alpha12 is a prerelease of the Java Framework targeted to Vaadin 14.2 that includes a number of new features and enhancements. To try it out, use the latest 14.2 prerelease available from the Vaadin prereleases Maven repository.
2.2 Feature Highlights
Better frontend dependency management by using pnpm AKA performant npm
- Packages are by default cached locally and linked instead of downloaded for every project
-> Faster recurring builds in comparison to npm (benchmarks) - Only one
package.json
file used, reducing complexity (previously another file was in/target
)
-> More reliable build when updating Vaadin version - No migration needed, see differences here for more information about what has changed
- For running pnpm on a CI server, please see details here
Portlet 3.0 support for Pluto portal
- Enabled by using an add-on
- Documentation and demo
Experimental: Fire routing life-cycle BeforeEnterEvent
from parent -> child order
This feature may be changed in an upcoming prerelease.
This change effects the ordering of routing events and the timeline when routing components are created.
After this change, routing events are fired in the following order:
- Global routing handlers are invoked
setParameter
is invoked for top most navigation layer (main layout)BeforeEnterHandler
handler is invoked for the top most navigation layer (main layout), if implemented- Next level component instances are created, and steps 2-3 triggered for that layer
Before this change, all routing components were created eagerly, and events were fired from child->parent order with first setParameter
invoked, then global handlers and last BeforeEnterHandler
s.
This change fixes a design flaw and prevents developers from accidentally compromising application security, when routing components are not created if the end user does not have access to them.
In case this change would break your existing Vaadin 10+ project, please open an issue.
Minor improvements in 2.2
- It is easier to create forms with "save-as-draft" type of functionality by using
Binder::writeBeanAsDraf(BEAN)
(forward ported from vaadin/framework#11833) (alpha12) - Form bindings can now be triggered between required and non-required state with
setRequiredEnabled(boolean)
(partly fixes #5030) (forward ported from vaadin/framework#11834) (alpha12) HasOrderedComponents
now provides access to the child components withStream<Component> getChildren()
without casting it toComponent
(alpha12)VaadinContext
accepts attributes for storing based on super types withsetAttribute(Class<T>, T)
(alpha12)- In development mode, webpack bundles are not compressed #6662 (alpha12)
- Introduction of
VaadinConfig
andHandlerHelper
for non-servlet environments (replacingServletConfig
&ServletHelper
) (alpha7) - Added
Page.open(String url, String windowName)
(alpha7) - Added
isIpad()
andisIOS()
toExtendedClientDetails
to replace non-workingWebBrowser
versions (both broken for iPads with iOS 13) (alpha7) - Optimized application server memory usage by reducing
stats.json
file size
-> This drops the production stats size for megabundle by default from 40mb to 1.9mb or in Bakery App Starter from 42mb to 686kb (alpha4)
Significant Changes Since 2.2.0.alpha10
- Renames
disable.pnpm
flag topnpm.enable
while keeping pnpm as the default package manager #7405 #7421
Known Issues and Limitations in 2.2
- pnpm is not able to resolve dependencies to git commits with the "short" hash format. See details and workaround from #7406.
Deprecations since 2.1
- None
Dependency Updates in 2.2
- Following webpack dependencies have been updated:
- webpack-cli 3.3.0 -> 3.3.10
- webpack-dev-server 3.3.0 -> 3.9.0
- webpack-babel-multi-target-plugin 2.1.0 -> 2.3.3
- copy-webpack-plugin 5.0.3 -> 5.1.0