<p>
<b>Vaadin</b> is a Java framework for building modern web applications that look
great, perform well and make you and your users happy. <b>Vaadin</b> is available
- under the Apache 2 license (see license.html).
+ under the Apache 2 license (see <tt>license.html</tt>).
</p>
<p>
</p>
<ul>
-<<<<<<< HEAD
<li>Vaadin server and client side classes (<tt>/com</tt>)</li>
<li>Vaadin server and client side sources (<tt>/com</tt>)</li>
<li>The default widget set (<tt>/VAADIN/widgetsets</tt>)</li>
<li>Release notes (<tt>/release-notes.html</tt>)</li>
<li>Licensing information (<tt>/license.html</tt>)</li>
</ul>
-=======
- <li><a href="http://dev.vaadin.com/ticket/8932">#8932</a>: Custom build from 6.8</li>
- <li><a href="http://dev.vaadin.com/ticket/8193">#8193</a>: Enter ClickShortcut not working in a PopupView</li>
- <li><a href="http://dev.vaadin.com/ticket/8584">#8584</a>: Invalid behavior of multiselection for com.vaadin.ui.Table</li>
- <li><a href="http://dev.vaadin.com/ticket/9136">#9136</a>: Tree throws wrong ItemClickEvent in IE9 (when immediate is set to true)</li>
- <li><a href="http://dev.vaadin.com/ticket/9139">#9139</a>: TextArea in Internet Explorer</li>
- <li><a href="http://dev.vaadin.com/ticket/9188">#9188</a>: Error parsing maps with empty string as the last value</li>
- <li><a href="http://dev.vaadin.com/ticket/7036">#7036</a>: Enable scrollbars on a read-only RichTextArea</li>
- <li><a href="http://dev.vaadin.com/ticket/8109">#8109</a>: Iterating over Table multiselection causes multiple Vaadin SQLContainer full table scans</li>
- <li><a href="http://dev.vaadin.com/ticket/8144">#8144</a>: Can't use LoginForm inside an iframe</li>
- <li><a href="http://dev.vaadin.com/ticket/9202">#9202</a>: Test using Chrome 21</li>
- <li><a href="http://dev.vaadin.com/ticket/6219">#6219</a>: PDF viewer draws itself over floating Vaadin elements</li>
- <li><a href="http://dev.vaadin.com/ticket/8230">#8230</a>: TextField's input prompt is persisted if Alt is depressed while in focus (Chrome)</li>
- <li><a href="http://dev.vaadin.com/ticket/8399">#8399</a>: On IE 8 or Google Chrome 16, VOverlay components aren't display on top of Applet</li>
- <li><a href="http://dev.vaadin.com/ticket/9148">#9148</a>: Oracle TIMESTAMP not supported in SQLContainer</li>
- <li><a href="http://dev.vaadin.com/ticket/9189">#9189</a>: Variables sent to the DragAndDropManager are not logged in the debug console</li>
- <li><a href="http://dev.vaadin.com/ticket/9128">#9128</a>: Typo in vaadin book</li>
- <li><a href="http://dev.vaadin.com/ticket/8736">#8736</a>: com.vaadin.ui.Table component return null value on multiple selection</li>
- <li><a href="http://dev.vaadin.com/ticket/9132">#9132</a>: No entries in Table with a defined pageLength causes Table to shrink in height</li>
- <li><a href="http://dev.vaadin.com/ticket/9147">#9147</a>: SQLContainer Filters - Comparison against NULL value produces error</li>
- <li><a href="http://dev.vaadin.com/ticket/9154">#9154</a>: NumberFormatException in client-side component VSplitPanel</li>
- <li><a href="http://dev.vaadin.com/ticket/9171">#9171</a>: StreamVariable never cleaned up in CommunicationManager</li>
- <li><a href="http://dev.vaadin.com/ticket/9187">#9187</a>: No horizontal scroll bar on empty Table</li>
- <li><a href="http://dev.vaadin.com/ticket/8838">#8838</a>: Drag and Drop in Google Chrome causes ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException in AbstractCommunicationManager#convertMap (1612)</li>
- <li><a href="http://dev.vaadin.com/ticket/8917">#8917</a>: input prompt text is leaking into the component's value</li>
- </ul>
-
- <p>
- The <a
- href="http://dev.vaadin.com/query?status=closed&resolution=fixed&milestone=Vaadin+@version@&order=priority">full
- list of the closed issues</a> can be found at <tt>dev.vaadin.com</tt>.
- </p>
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<h2 id="enhancements">Enhancements in Vaadin @version-minor@</h2>
<p>
- @version-minor@ is the third development release of the upcoming Version 7 of the
- Vaadin Framework. It introduces the third set of new features in Vaadin 7, for the
- purpose of receiving feedback about the changes.
+ @version-minor@ is the first beta release release of the upcoming Version 7 of the
+ Vaadin Framework. It introduces the final major set of new features in Vaadin 7,
+ for the purpose of receiving feedback about the changes.
</p>
- <p>The major changes in this third alpha phase are:</p>
+ <p>The major changes in this first beta release are:</p>
+
+ <ul>
+ <li>Applications are now written by extending the <b>UI</b> class
+ <ul>
+ <li>UIs use heartbeat to detect closing</li>
+ </ul>
+ </li>
+ <li>The <b>Application</b> class is removed altogether</li>
+ <li><b>ApplicationServlet</b> is replaced with <b>VaadinServlet</b></li>
+ <li><b>ApplicationResource</b> is replaced with <b>ConnectorResource</b></li>
+ <li>Themeing with <a href="http://sass-lang.com/">SASS</a> in addition to CSS</li>
+ <li>Add-ons can modify the startup page</i></li>
+ <li>All <tt>addListener()</tt> methods have changed to listener-specific methods, such as <tt>addClickListener()</tt>, <tt>addValueChangeListener()</tt>, etc.</li>
+ <li>Packaging has changed, now in a ZIP package (again)</li>
+ </ul>
+
+ <p>
+ The following major changes were first introduced in the alpha releases:
+ </p>
<ul>
<li>GWT is now built into Vaadin Framework
<ul>
<li>New SuperDevMode allows debugging client-side Java code in the browser without any plugins</li>
- </ul>
</li>
- <li>Support for JavaScript components - GWT integration code not required</li>
- <li>Handle JavaScript callbacks on the server-side</li>
- <li>Component and root extensions</li>
<li>Navigation API for view navigation
<ul>
<li>View navigation with bookmarking/linking with URI fragments and browser history support</li>
<li>Access control for views, view change confirmation</li>
</ul>
</li>
+ <li>Component and root extensions</li>
<li>Resource loading (JS/CSS) by the framework</li>
+ <li>Complete overhaul of the client-server communication architecture
+ <ul>
+ <li>All add-on components that have widgets need to be ported to Vaadin 7</li>
+ <li>Integration of a GWT widget is done in a connector class</li>
+ <li>Component-to-widget mapping now defined on the client-side, in the connector</li>
+ <li>No more Paintable or VariableOwner</li>
+ <li>Server-side component and client-side widget can have a shared state object which is automatically synchronized</li>
+ <li>Both client-side and server-side can make RPC calls to the other side
+ <ul>
+ <li>Communicated in the next request/response</li>
+ <li>No return values</li>
+ <li>Typically for communicating events</li>
+ </ul>
+ </li>
+ <li>Support for JavaScript components - GWT integration code not required</li>
+ <li>Handle JavaScript callbacks on the server-side</li>
+ <li>UIDL is deprecated</li>
+ <li>Compatibility layer for Vaadin 6 included for easy migration</li>
+ </ul>
+ </li>
+ <li><b>Form</b> is deprecated and form hand is replaced with the <b>FieldGroup</b></li>
+ <li>Get computed style of a component from the browser</li>
+ <li>Support for border, padding, and margin in core layout components</li>
</ul>
<p>
- The enhancements are described in more detail in the <a
- href="https://vaadin.com/wiki/-/wiki/Main/Vaadin+7">mini-tutorials</a> in the
- Vaadin Wiki.
+ There are many other enhancements. Most of them are described in more detail in
+ the <a href="https://vaadin.com/wiki/-/wiki/Main/Vaadin+7">mini-tutorials</a> in
+ the Vaadin Wiki.
</p>
<p>
Please see the release notes for <a
- href="http://vaadin.com/download/prerelease/7.0/7.0.0/7.0.0.alpha1/release-notes.html">alpha1</a>
+ href="http://vaadin.com/download/prerelease/7.0/7.0.0/7.0.0.alpha1/release-notes.html">alpha1</a>,
+ <a
+ href="http://vaadin.com/download/prerelease/7.0/7.0.0/7.0.0.alpha2/release-notes.html">alpha2</a>,
and <a
- href="http://vaadin.com/download/prerelease/7.0/7.0.0/7.0.0.alpha2/release-notes.html">alpha2</a>
- for a complete list of major enhancements for Vaadin 7 so far.
+ href="http://vaadin.com/download/prerelease/7.0/7.0.0/7.0.0.alpha3/release-notes.html">alpha3</a>
+ for the lists of where the major enhancements were introduced.
</p>
<h3 id="changelog">ChangeLog</h3>
<p>
For a complete list of changes in this release, please see the <a
- href="http://dev.vaadin.com/query?status=closed&group=resolution&milestone=Vaadin+7.0.0.alpha3">list
+ href="http://dev.vaadin.com/query?status=closed&group=resolution&milestone=Vaadin+7.0.0.beta1">list
of closed tickets</a>.
</p>
</p>
<ul>
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- <li>Mozilla Firefox 12</li>
+ <li>Mozilla Firefox 12-14</li>
<li>Internet Explorer 8-9</li>
<li>Safari 5</li>
- <li>Opera 11</li>
- <li>Google Chrome 19</li>
-=======
- <li>Mozilla Firefox 3-14</li>
- <li>Internet Explorer 6-9</li>
- <li>Safari 4-5</li>
- <li>Opera 10-12</li>
- <li>Google Chrome 13-21</li>
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+ <li>Opera 11-12</li>
+ <li>Google Chrome 19-21</li>
</ul>
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