vaadin/platform 24.0.0.rc1

Vaadin 24.0.0.rc1

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This is a pre-release for the Vaadin 24.0. We appreciate if you give it a try and report any issues you notice. To use this release, you'll need to have following repositories declared in your project (Vaadin pre-releases are not pushed to Maven central) :

<repositories>
    <repository>
        <id>vaadin-prereleases</id>
        <url>
            https://maven.vaadin.com/vaadin-prereleases/
        </url>
    </repository>
</repositories>

<pluginRepositories>
    <pluginRepository>
        <id>vaadin-prereleases</id>
        <url>
            https://maven.vaadin.com/vaadin-prereleases/
        </url>
    </pluginRepository>
</pluginRepositories>

New and Noteworthy Since Vaadin 23

Notable Changes

• Java 17 is required instead of 11
• Safari 14 support is dropped. All iOS devices can be upgraded from Safari 14 to 15
• Weblogic + TomEE is not supported or tested as there is no version available for Jakarta EE 10
• Karaf or OSGI is not supported as OSGi standards are still lacking servlet 6 support
• Portlets are not supported as portlet standards are still lacking servlet 6 support
• Some servers are still in beta with their Jakarta EE 10 support but are still tested
• Node.js support is raised to the current LTS (Node 18) to avoid future problems
• Gradle support is raised to the version (Gradle 7.3) introducing Java 17 support
• Spring Boot 2 is not supported

Flow

• New development mode with faster start-up (aka Express Build mode)
• Polymer to Lit conversion tool
• Support for JUnit 5 in TestBench
• Support for Spring AOT Native Image Compilation
• Helper methods for Component
• Svg component
• Dev tools improvements:
  • find where components are created and attached in code by clicking in UI
    utils for opening a file in the IDE running the application
    (Flow upgrade guide can be found from here)

Hilla

• Multi-Module Engine
  • default setting, no feature flag any more
• Reactive Endpoints docs
• AOT Native Image Compilation
  • Faster startup and lower memory requirements compared to running with JVM
• React Starter with Authentication
  • Starting React Hilla project with login form and access control for views

Design System

• Theming improvements docs
• Spreadsheet new features docs
  • Embedded components
  • Embedded Charts
• GridPro custom editor value provider
  • Allows converting the model value into the appropriate type or format used by the editor
• Validation enhancements
  – Server-side validation is triggered on blur
  – Binder takes into account component constraints
  – Entering bad input invalidates the field

Acceleration Kits

• SSO Kit for Hilla
  • Supported providers are Keycloak, Okta and Azure AD
  • Login through the provider
  • Access to the user information
  • In-app logout (RP-initiated)
  • Backchannel logout with notification dialog about the logout
  • Both Hilla Lit and React are supported

Changelogs

• Flow (24.0.0.rc1) and Hilla (2.0.0.rc1)
• Design System
  • Web Components (24.0.0-rc1)
  • Flow Components (24.0.0.rc1)
• Designer (Release notes)
• Design System Publisher (Documentation)
• TestBench (9.0.0.rc1)
• Classic Components(24.0.0.rc1)
• Multiplatform Runtime (MPR) (7.0.0.rc1)
• Router (1.7.4)
• Vaadin Kits
  • Azure Kit (1.0.0)
  • Collaboration Engine (6.0.0.rc1)
  • Kubernetes Kit (2.0.0.rc1)
  • Observability Kit (doc)
  • SSO Kit (2.0.0.rc1)
  • Swing Kit (doc)
• Designer (Release notes)

Official add-ons and plugins:

• Spring add-on (24.0.0.rc1)
• CDI add-on (15.0.0.rc1)
• Maven plugin (24.0.0.rc1)
• Gradle plugin (24.0.0.rc1)
• Quarkus plugin (2.0.0.rc1)

Upgrading guides

• Upgrading Vaadin 23 to Vaadin 24