<h2 id="enhancements">Enhancements in Vaadin @version-minor@</h2>
<p>
- @version-minor@ is the second development release of the upcoming Version 7 of the
- Vaadin Framework. It introduces the second set of new features in Vaadin 7, for the
+ @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.
</p>
- <p>The major changes in this second alpha phase are:</p>
+ <p>The major changes in this third alpha phase are:</p>
<ul>
- <li>Complete overhaul of the client-server communication architecture
+ <li>GWT is now built into Vaadin Framework
<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 <i>connector</i> class</li>
- <li>Component-to-widget mapping now defined on the client-side, in the connector</li>
- <li>No more <b style="text-decoration: line-through">Paintable</b> or <b style="text-decoration: line-through">VariableOwner</b>
- <li>Server-side component and client-side widget can have a <emphasis>shared state</emphasis> 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>Typically for communicating events</li>
- </ul>
- </li>
- <li>UIDL is deprecated</li>
- <li>Compatibility layer for Vaadin 6 included for easy migration</li>
+ <li>New <a
+ href="https://vaadin.com/blog/-/blogs/vaadin-and-superdevmode">SuperDevMode</a>
+ 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>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 enchancements 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>
+ 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.
+ </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.alpha2">list
+ href="http://dev.vaadin.com/query?status=closed&group=resolution&milestone=Vaadin+7.0.0.alpha3">list
of closed tickets</a>.
</p>