Creating Rich Web Applications with Jakarta EE and Vaadin

Rich web applications can be defined as web applications that deliver the experiences of desktop applications in a browser.

A typical example of a rich web application is Google’s Gmail. It allows you to read and compose mails simultaneously without needing to refresh the browser window.

Over time, users have come to expect a certain standard and experience when consuming web applications, and many organisations will be looking to create stunning UI experiences and rich web applications.

Vaadin is an open source UI development framework that has a pure Java API for development of modern, rich web applications. In this guide, we look at building rich web applications with Vaadin on the Jakarta EE Platform.

We cover:

• what a rich web application is
• what Vaadin is and isn’t
• the structure of a Vaadin application
• how to create a sample app using Vaadin and Jakarta EE

By the end of this guide, you will have an overview of how to get started developing your own rich web applications on the Jakarta EE Platform using Vaadin!