Addons on Flowing Code

Google Maps Add-On: Mobile Right-Click for Markers

Tue, 18 Aug 2026 14:16:43 +0000

In modern web development, creating a consistent and intuitive user experience across all devices is essential. Users expect features to work seamlessly, whether they’re on a desktop with a mouse or a mobile with touchscreen.

Building a Vaadin Add-on in Record Time with Claude AI

Tue, 21 Jul 2026 13:39:02 +0000

Not long ago, I shared my experience on how to migrate a legacy Vaadin application with the help of Claude AI. That experience proved that AI is fantastic for untangling legacy code, but it left me with a new question: What happens when we start from scratch? Recently, my team at Flowing Code proposed creating a new add-on: a Vaadin wrapper around the @github/relative-time-element component. This time, I decided to keep Claude in the loop from minute zero, not just as a code generator, but as an architectural design partner.

Vaadin 25: How We Solved JSON Migration

Fri, 19 Dec 2025 18:59:32 +0000

Vaadin 25 was just released, and it comes with an interesting set of breaking changes to keep us entertained and wide awake as we head into the year’s final stretch.

At Flowing Code we maintain more than 30 add-ons, and most of them currently support Vaadin 14, 23, and 24. As you can imagine, this makes the Vaadin 25 migration cycle a substantial effort. And our goal is ambitious: keep a single codebase compatible with all supported Vaadin versions, without branching off into Vaadin-25-specific releases unless absolutely necessary.

Improving Code Reviews with AI: Our Experience with CodeRabbit

Thu, 13 Nov 2025 12:42:55 +0000

It seems like everyone is using AI these days. From chatbots to code generators, the wave of tools promising to make developers’ lives easier keeps growing. At Flowing Code, we wanted to see how AI could actually help in our day-to-day work, not just in theory, but in practice. After some investigations and considerations on what could be improved in our daily tasks, we decided to dive into the AI world with CodeRabbit, a tool designed to help review Pull Requests.

Our Commitment to Open Source: Releases and Updates in 2024

Tue, 17 Dec 2024 15:15:31 +0000

If you keep up with our work, you may already know that here at Flowing Code, we’re passionate about contributing to the Open Source community and dedicated to delivering solutions that can help developers to build better applications. This year, as part of that commitment, we’ve successfully released eight new Vaadin add-ons. If you haven’t had a chance to explore them yet, let’s take a quick look at what each of these add-ons offers.

Introducing our first Vaadin add-ons integrating React Components

Thu, 15 Aug 2024 18:24:30 +0000

Vaadin 24.4 brings exciting new capabilities for integrating React into Vaadin applications in various forms. This offers developers a range of integration options, providing unprecedented flexibility in building modern web applications. You can delve into the various possibilities and the reasons behind this improvement in Vaadin’s blog post.

Google Maps Add-on: How to Get and Track Current Location

Thu, 18 Jul 2024 13:14:01 +0000

The Google Maps Add-on is a powerful wrapper component around the Google Maps Web Component. This add-on allows you to display a customized map and incorporate various map-related elements such as markers, polygons, custom controls and more. You can explore all the features the add-on provides in our online demo. For now, we’ll focus on how to obtain and track the user’s current location.

A Guide to Using Badge List Add-on

Thu, 30 May 2024 13:50:53 +0000

Introducing Badge List component, one of our latest Vaadin add-ons, created to address the challenge of displaying a dynamic list of badges within a confined space, such as a Vaadin Grid cell, in a responsive and user-friendly manner.