Vaadin Framework 8.0.0

Notable Enhancements in Vaadin Framework 8.0

• New, simpler data binding API
• Vaadin Framework is now based on Java 8
• Vaadin Framework is using GWT 2.8, allowing client side code to use Java 8
• Other Framework dependencies including Atmosphere have been upgraded
• Easier to integrate web components using HTML imports (@HtmlImport) and custom tag name support for AbstractJavaScriptComponent
• Context click events are now generated on iOS devices (#7387)
• For all enhancements, list of breaking changes etc. - see the full release notes at vaadin.com

Documentation

• Documentation for Vaadin Framework 8

Migration from Vaadin 7

• See the Migration Guide

See release notes at vaadin.com for more info like backwards incompatible changes