vaadin Getting started with vaadin Create Vaadin Project in Eclipse

Example

Vaadin plug-in for eclipse provides a quick way to build vaadin project with Apache Ivy dependency manager. Vaadin's documentation explains how to create vaadin project with the help of Eclipse plugin.

To install the plug-in just go to eclipse marketplace and search vaadin. Current version of the plug-in is 3.0.0.

After installing the plug-in you will have following quick features,

• Create Vaadin6 or Vaadin 7 project (Default dependency manager is Ivy)
• Compile Widgetsets (To compile client side widgets)
• Compile Theme (To compile Theme to build final CSS)
• Create Widget (To build your custom widget)
• Create Vaadin Theme

So, after setting up the plug-in, just create new Vaadin project with minimal configuration. You can also specify version of vaadin while creating the project.

• File > New > Vaadin7 Project
• Specify version of vaadin to be used in project
• Specify Target Runtime you want to use
• Finish!

It will take time to download all the jars required for vaadin,once Ivy resolve all the dependencies. You can directly run the project on the server and you will see one Button with Click Me in the browser screen. Kindly note that Vaadin7 is compatible with Java 6 and newer.