You may not need JavaScript

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Claims that a Java-only frontend can replace an SPA stack and cut complexity; the project migrates ~800 Oracle Forms screens over 2,000 DB tables and ~5,000 stored procedures into a server-side single-page app built with Vaadin Flow and SQL-first access via jOOQ. The team generates UI at runtime from DB configuration, uses Vaadin grids/binders for paging and validation, relies on Atmosphere websockets fallback, and reports the prototype working with faster development and maintainable DB-driven logic.

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1. 0:00Intro
2. 0:46About me
3. 1:11Code samples
4. 1:27The Project
5. 5:59UI Editor
6. 7:05UI Generation
7. 8:46History
8. 11:52UI Models
9. 13:11State
10. 16:10Vaadin FLOW
11. 17:35Vaadin FUSION
12. 20:26Vaadin Hello World
13. 25:12Routing
14. 27:06Grid
15. 28:03DataProvider
16. 30:51Forms
17. 33:04Server Push
18. 34:36Testbench
19. 37:37Spa, PWA et cetera
20. 43:46Metamodel
21. 45:47CRUD with jooo
22. 49:26Conclusion

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