9. Disclaimer
Roadmap after 7 is not
decided yet... all of the
following is just thoughts on what
would be the best way of setting the roadmap after 7 if
we would be writing it in stone today... But of course there might be quite a
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11. Maintenance version
Only bugfixes allowed
Released for all supported major
versions
Once a month for latest major,
when needed for older majors
12. Minor version
New features
Try hard not to break backwards
compatibility
Released for the latest major 2-4
times per year
13. Major version
New features
Can break backwards
compatibility when really needed
5 major versions released in the past 11 years.
Each one supported for 5 years.
23. Declarative UIs
Built in, optional XML-based UI declaration for
defining UIs
Mix HTML in UI declarations
Embed Vaadin JSPs with a taglib, embed
JSPs in UIs and mix declarative UI with JSPs
25. Better IDE Tooling
Add-on support: see add-on widgets in
visual editor, browse directory in IDE, ...
Full theme support: See application
specific theme in Visual editor
Declarative UI editing mode for visual editor
26. Book of Vaadin
Preview edition available today - both from
vaadin.com/book
Final version of the book covering Vaadin 7
expected in January
27. Missing from 7, but target not set
WAI-ARIA
On the fly translations for UI
29. Comprehensive charting library
Based on #1 charts library: Highcharts
(no separate Hightcharts license required)
Vaadin Timeline is included
Included in Vaadin Pro Account