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authorHenri Sara <hesara@vaadin.com>2016-08-05 11:20:07 +0300
committerVaadin Code Review <review@vaadin.com>2016-08-05 08:26:59 +0000
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Update release notes for Vaadin 8
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enhancements. Below is a list of the most notable changes:</p>
<ul>
- <li>Vaadin Framework is now built with Maven</li>
- <li>System properties can now override application properties, e.g. -DproductionMode=true
- (<a href="http://dev.vaadin.com/ticket/19683">#19683</a>)</li>
- <li>Vaadin can now automatically use default widgetset AppWidgetset optionally generated
- by the latest Vaadin Maven plug-in (<a href="http://dev.vaadin.com/ticket/19675">#19675</a>)</li>
+ <li>New, simpler data binding API</li>
+ <li>Vaadin is now based on Java 8</li>
</ul>
<p>
- For enhancements introduced in Vaadin 7.6, see the <a
- href="http://vaadin.com/download/release/7.6/7.6.0/release-notes.html">Release
- Notes for Vaadin 7.6.0</a>.
+ For enhancements introduced in Vaadin 7.7, see the <a
+ href="http://vaadin.com/download/release/7.7/7.7.0/release-notes.html">Release
+ Notes for Vaadin 7.7.0</a>.
</p>
<h3 id="incompatible">Incompatible or Behavior-altering Changes in @version-minor@</h3>
<ul>
- <li>Vaadin artifacts no longer bring a transitive dependency to javax.servlet:servlet-api.</li>
- <li>System properties now override application parameters for settings such as production mode (see above).</li>
- <li>The return type of BootstrapHandler.getWidgetsetForUI() has changed.</li>
- <li>Vaadin shared no longer depends on a custom build of Guava. Any project that depends on Guava as a transitive dependency should use standard Guava.</li>
- <li>Valo theme field error styles now apply to NativeSelect, ListSelect and TwinColSelect as well.</li>
- <li>The LoginForm component has been rewritten to better support auto-completion of passwords on modern browsers.
- Its API, look and DOM structure have changed somewhat, so any application level customizations of LoginForm need changes.
- See also <a href="http://dev.vaadin.com/ticket/8171">#8171</a></li>
- <li>The way we handle GWT dependencies has been completely changed. See <a href="#gwtdep">this section</a> for more details</li>
+ <li>Vaadin now requires Java 8 or later and Servlet 3.0 or later</li>
</ul>
<h3 id="knownissues">Known Issues and Limitations</h3>
<ul>
<li>OSGi support is has some issues</li>
- <li>Vaadin TouchKit versions prior to 4.1.0 do not work with Vaadin 7.7. Please use version 4.1.0 or above.</li>
+ <li>Vaadin TouchKit versions prior to 4.1.0 do not work with Vaadin 7.7+. Please use version 4.1.0 or above.</li>
<li>Context click events are not generated on iOS devices
(<a href="http://dev.vaadin.com/ticket/19367">#19367</a>)</li>
<li>Drag'n'drop in a Table doesn't work on touch devices running
@@ -162,32 +151,7 @@
<li>Grid does not support adding components to cells. Instead light-weight Renderers can be
used to present and edit data.</li>
</ul>
-
- <h3 id="gwtdep">GWT Dependency Changes</h3>
-
- <p>
- The GWT dependencies for Vaadin are now provided as actual dependencies
- and not bundled with Vaadin packages. This means that you can override
- the GWT version in your own project if you want to. Note that the GWT Elemental
- is still partially bundled with shared package to avoid having the gwt-user as a
- dependency everywhere.
- </p>
-
- <ul>
- <li>Basic Vaadin server-side only use does not need any changes to your project.</li>
- <li>Custom widgets and Add-ons should work just like before.</li>
- <li>Projects that use GWT RPC or other utils from the com.google package should add gwt-servlet dependency
- <pre>
-&lt;dependency>
- &lt;groupId>com.vaadin.external.gwt&lt;/groupId>
- &lt;artifactId>gwt-servlet&lt;/artifactId>
- &lt;version>@gwt-version@&lt;/version>
-&lt;/dependency>
- </pre>
- </li>
- <li>OSGi currently does not work with client and client-compiler packages. Those should not be used with OSGi.</li>
- </ul>
-
+
<h2 id="vaadin">Vaadin Installation</h2>
@@ -282,40 +246,17 @@
along with the other 3rd party dependencies in the ZIP package.
</p>
- <p>
- For pure client-side development, you only need the
- <tt>vaadin-client</tt>
- and
- <tt>vaadin-client-compiler</tt>
- JARs, which should be put to a non-deployed project library
- folder, such as
- <tt>lib</tt>
- . You also need them if you compile the widget set for any
- reason, such as using Vaadin add-ons, or create new
- server-side components integrated with client-side widgets.
- </p>
-
- <h2 id="migrating">Migrating from Vaadin 6</h2>
+ <h2 id="migrating">Migrating from Vaadin 7</h2>
<p>
- All Vaadin 6 applications need some changes when migrating
- to Vaadin 7. The most obvious changes are in the
- application/window API and require extending either <b>UI</b>
- or <b>UI.LegacyApplication</b> instead of <b>Application</b>.
- A detailed list of migration changes are given in the <a
- href="https://vaadin.com/wiki/-/wiki/Main/Migrating+from+Vaadin+6+to+Vaadin+7">Vaadin
- 7 Migration Guide</a>.
+ Most Vaadin 7 applications need some changes when migrating
+ to Vaadin 8.
</p>
- <p>Any custom client-side widgets need to be ported to use
- the new client-server communication API, or the Vaadin 6
- compatibility API.</p>
-
<p>
- Vaadin 6 add-ons (ones that contain widgets) do not work in
- Vaadin 7 - please check the add-ons in <a
+ Some Vaadin 7 add-ons do not work in Vaadin 8 - please check the add-ons in <a
href="http://vaadin.com/directory/">Vaadin Directory</a>
- for Vaadin 7 support.
+ for Vaadin 8 support.
</p>
<h2 id="dependencies">Vaadin @version@ Dependencies</h2>
@@ -409,8 +350,8 @@
<h2 id="supportedversions">Supported Technologies</h2>
<p>
- Vaadin 7 is compatible with <b>Java 6</b> and newer. Vaadin
- 7 is especially supported on the following <b>operating
+ Vaadin 8 is compatible with <b>Java 8</b> and newer. Vaadin
+ 8 is especially supported on the following <b>operating
systems</b>:
</p>
@@ -421,34 +362,35 @@
</ul>
<p>
- Vaadin 7 requires <b>Java Servlet API 2.4</b> but also
+ Vaadin 8 requires <b>Java Servlet API 3.0</b> but also
supports later versions and should work with any Java
application server that conforms to the standard. The
following <b>application servers</b> are supported:
</p>
<ul>
- <li>Apache Tomcat 5-8</li>
- <li>Apache TomEE 1</li>
- <li>Oracle WebLogic Server 10.3-12</li>
- <li>IBM WebSphere Application Server 7-8</li>
- <li>JBoss Application Server 4-7</li>
- <li>Wildfly 8-9</li>
- <li>Jetty 5-9</li>
- <li>Glassfish 2-4</li>
+ <li>Apache Tomcat 7-8</li>
+ <li>Apache TomEE 1.5 and later</li>
+ <li>Oracle WebLogic Server 12cR2</li>
+ <li>IBM WebSphere Application Server 8.5.5.9 and 9</li>
+ <li>JBoss EAP 6</li>
+ <li>Wildfly 8-10</li>
+ <li>Jetty 8-9</li>
+ <li>Glassfish 3-4</li>
</ul>
<p>
- Vaadin 7 supports the JSR-286 Portlet specification and all
- portals that implement the specification should work. The
- following <b>portals</b> are supported:
+ Vaadin 8 supports the JSR-286 Portlet specification and all
+ portals that implement the specification should work provided
+ they support Java 8 and Servlet 3.0. The following <b>portals</b>
+ are supported:
</p>
<ul>
- <li>Liferay Portal 5.2-6</li>
- <li>GateIn Portal 3</li>
- <li>eXo Platform 3</li>
- <li>IBM WebSphere Portal 8</li>
+ <li>Liferay Portal 6.2-7</li>
+ <li>GateIn Portal 3.5 and later</li>
+ <li>eXo Platform 4.3</li>
+ <li>IBM WebSphere Portal 8.5.5.9 and 9</li>
</ul>
<p>
@@ -460,12 +402,12 @@
</p>
<ul>
- <li>Mozilla Firefox 18-43</li>
- <li>Mozilla Firefox 17 ESR, 24 ESR, 31 ESR, 38 ESR</li>
- <li>Internet Explorer 8-11, Edge</li>
- <li>Safari 6-8</li>
- <li>Opera 16-34</li>
- <li>Google Chrome 23-47</li>
+ <li>Mozilla Firefox (latest version, currently 48)</li>
+ <li>Mozilla Firefox ESR (latest version, currently 45 ESR)</li>
+ <li>Internet Explorer 11, Edge</li>
+ <li>Safari 8-9</li>
+ <li>Opera (latest version, currently 39)</li>
+ <li>Google Chrome (latest version, currently 52)</li>
</ul>
<p>
@@ -474,9 +416,9 @@
</p>
<ul>
- <li>iOS 5-9</li>
- <li>Android 2.3-5</li>
- <li>Windows Phone 8</li>
+ <li>iOS 8-9</li>
+ <li>Android 5-6</li>
+ <li>Windows Phone 8.1</li>
</ul>
<p>Vaadin SQL Container supports the following databases:</p>
@@ -521,8 +463,8 @@
- Bug tracker</a></li>
<li><a
- href="http://dev.vaadin.com/wiki/Vaadin/Development/StartingVaadin7Development">How
- to get the source code of Vaadin</a></li>
+ href="https://vaadin.com/contribute">How to get the source
+ code of Vaadin</a></li>
</ul>
</div>