vaadin/flow 2.4.0.beta1

2.4.0.beta1 - Prerelease for Vaadin 14.4

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Vaadin Flow 2.4.0.beta1 is a feature prerelease of the Java Framework for the upcoming Vaadin 14.4.

New features in 2.4.0:

• Development mode server runs in a separate thread, improving startup time.
• Browser automatically reloads the view when webpack recompiles files in the frontend folder, allowing instant preview of JS and CSS changes.
• A new interface HasHelper, for field components that have a "helper" feature (e.g. as TextField)

Bugfixes

• Fix redirect/forward to HasUrlParameter route target with optional parameter (#8869)
• HtmlUtils is using deprecated method (#8929)
• Throw an exception which provides an info about vetoed property change (#8530)
• Upgrade auto-installed Node to latest LTS and suppress some npm install errors (#8956)
• Do not force installation of compatible pnpm version when system property vaadin.ignoreVersionChecks is set (#8971)

All changes since 2.3