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diff --git a/WebContent/release-notes.html b/WebContent/release-notes.html index 6f2eb8c2cc..1e4016db90 100644 --- a/WebContent/release-notes.html +++ b/WebContent/release-notes.html @@ -71,47 +71,50 @@ <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 SuperDevMode allows debugging client-side Java code in the browser without any plugins</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> + <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>Resource loading (JS/CSS) by the framework</li> </ul> - + <p> - The enchancements are described in more detail in the <a + 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. </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> @@ -142,18 +145,6 @@ <h2 id="dependencies">Vaadin @version@ Dependencies</h2> - <h3>Google Web Toolkit (GWT)</h3> - - <p> - Vaadin uses GWT @gwt-version@ for widget set compilation. GWT can be downloaded - from <a - href="http://code.google.com/webtoolkit/">http://code.google.com/webtoolkit/</a>. - GWT can also be automatically downloaded by the Vaadin Plug-in for Eclipse. Please - note that GWT @gwt-version@ requires the <i>validation-api-1.0.0.GA.jar</i> and - <i>validation-api-1.0.0.GA-sources.jar</i> files in addition to <i>gwt-dev.jar</i> - and <i>gwt-user.jar</i> for widget set compilation. - </p> - <h3>Bean Validation</h3> <p> @@ -307,9 +298,8 @@ <h2 id="supportedversions">Supported Technologies</h2> <p> - Vaadin 7 is compatible with <b>Java 5</b> and it is also compatible with most other - operating system supporting Java 5 or newer. However, using Java 6 is recommended, - as it is required by widget set compilation. + Vaadin 7 is compatible with <b>Java 6</b> and it is also compatible with most other + operating system supporting Java 6 or newer. </p> <p> |