Vaadin 24.8.0

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New and Noteworthy Since Vaadin 24.7

Flow - Reactive UI state management with Signals (Documentation draft)
Flow - Simplified Upload and Download handling in Flow (Documentation: Upload handler, Download handler)
(more Flow new features can be found from Flow 24.8.0 release note)

DS - Card component (Flow API)
DS - Dashboard Updates (Doc)
DS - DateTimePicker Validation improvements (Ticket)
DS - New generation Form layout that allows handling many complex situations automatically (Doc)
DS - Map Polygon Support (Doc)
DS - Master-Detail layout (Doc)
DS - Markdown Support (Doc)

Hilla - Custom view metadata (Ticket)
Hilla - Endpoint exception updates (Ticket)
Hilla - Kotlin language nullability support (Ticket)
Hilla - Translation API: key literal (Ticket)
Hilla - Service Worker endpoints support (Ticket, Doc)
Hilla - Lazy loading for file router views (Ticket)

CC - Database management for Vaadin apps in Control Center (Documentation)

Copilot - Custom Components
Copilot - Property Panel Copilot

Modernization Tool - Further expanded automatic Vaadin 7 to Vaadin 24 migration support in Modernization Toolkit.

*There are documentations in draft or Pull requests for the mentioned new features, which might be updated in the future updates

Changelogs

• Flow (24.8.0) and Hilla (24.8.0)
• Design System
  • Web Components (24.8.0)
  • Flow Components (24.8.0)
• TestBench (9.4.0)
• Feature Pack(24.8.0)
• Modernization Toolkit (Documentation)
  • Feature Pack (Documentation)
  • Dragonfly (Documentation)
  • Modernization Toolkit Analyzer (Analyzer for Eclipse, Analyzer for Maven)
• Multiplatform Runtime (MPR) (7.0.11)
• Router (2.0.0)
• Vaadin Kits
  • AppSec Kit (3.3.0)
  • Azure Kit (1.0.0)
  • Collaboration Engine (6.4.0)
  • Control Center (Documentation)
  • Copilot (24.8.0)
  • Kubernetes Kit (2.4.2)
  • Observability Kit (3.1.0)
  • SSO Kit (3.1.1)
  • Swing Kit (2.4.0)

Official add-ons and plugins:

• Spring add-on (24.8.0)
• CDI add-on (15.2.0)
• Maven plugin (24.8.0)
• Gradle plugin (24.8.0)
• Quarkus plugin (2.2.0)

Upgrading guides

• Upgrading Flow to Vaadin 24
• Upgrading Fusion to Vaadin 24
• Upgrading Design System to Vaadin 24

Support

Vaadin 24 is the latest stable version, with extended support options available (release model).

Vaadin also provides commercial support and warranty.

Supported technologies

Desktop browser	Chrome (evergreen). Firefox (evergreen). Firefox Extended Support Release (ESR). Safari 15 or newer (latest minor version in each major series). Edge (Chromium, evergreen).
Mobile browser	Chrome (evergreen) for Android (4.4 or newer). Safari 15 for iOS or newer (latest minor version in each major series).
Development OS	Windows macOS Linux
IDE	Any IDE or editor that works with the language of your choice should work well. Our teams often use IntelliJ, Eclipse, VS Code among others. Vaadin IDE plugins (IntelliJ and VS Code) support the IDE versions released during the last 12 months Vaadin Designer supports the following IDEs: Eclipse from Photon and upwards JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA from 2017 upwards
Java	Version 17 of any JDK or JRE
Maven	Version 3.5 or newer
Gradle	Version 8.7 or newer
Application server	Vaadin Flow requires Java Servlet API 6 and Java 17 or newer. It is tested on: Apache Tomcat 10.1 Open Liberty 23 RedHat JBoss EAP 8.0 beta WildFly 35 Jetty 12 Payara Server 6 Payara Micro 6
Node.js	Version 20 or newer
Spring Boot	Version 3.5 or newer

Known issues and limitations

Flow	The Template-in-Template feature has some limitations