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Whats the catch with vaadin hilla instead of flow

I develop webapps with vaadin and flow for some time now (together with spring boot) and just stumbled across hilla, a new vaadin 'addon' or project... (www.hilla.dev).

I know that flow and vaadin use typescript for some things but I never needed to dig deeper into this meta-layer between my java backend and the generated html/js/css things...

So I ask myself what's the use of hilla to make my life easier? Or is hilla better suited for people coming from javascript & typescript to vaadin instead of the other way around?

Solution

  • Hilla is the new name of vaadin-fusion.

    In short:

    Flow= Java in Backend and Frontend JS generated at runtime

    Hilla = Java in the Backend + Typescript Frontend

    So if you love typescript and css Hilla is good for you. If you are a java Fan (as myself) Vaadin Flow is the way to go (Or stay)

    https://vaadin.com/blog/renaming-fusion