Vaadin VS Ratpack

Compare Vaadin vs Ratpack and see what are their differences.

Vaadin

Vaadin 6, 7, 8 is a Java framework for modern Java web applications. (by vaadin)

Ratpack

Lean & powerful HTTP apps (by ratpack)
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Vaadin Ratpack
41 4
1,766 1,936
0.3% 0.4%
5.5 8.3
about 1 month ago 1 day ago
Java Java
GNU General Public License v3.0 or later GNU General Public License v3.0 or later
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Vaadin

Posts with mentions or reviews of Vaadin. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-05-30.
  • Ask HN: Why is web development such a daunting task?
    5 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 30 May 2023
  • A front-end programming language that don't need html/css, do you know one ?
    2 projects | /r/learnprogramming | 3 Apr 2023
    But there are frameworks like GWT or Vaadin for Java, but none of them really took off afaik, I've never seen a job posting with either of these.
  • Always-Listening Voice Commands for Vaadin web applications
    2 projects | dev.to | 28 Mar 2023
    This small tutorial takes 15 minutes from the start to a working demo. We use Picovoice Porcupine Wake Word Engine to enable a Vaadin-based Java web application.
  • The Future (and the Past) of the Web Is Server Side Rendering
    9 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 3 Feb 2023
    > Slightly off topic, but I found JSF the most productive out of any framework.

    In my experience, it has been a horrible technology (even when combined with PrimeFaces) for complex functionality.

    When you have a page that has a bunch of tabs, which have tables with custom action buttons, row editing, row expansion, as well as composite components, modal dialogs with other tables inside of those, various dropdowns or autocomplete components and so on, it will break in new ways all the time.

    Sometimes the wrong row will be selected, even if you give every element a unique ID, sometimes updating a single table row after AJAX will be nigh impossible, other times the back end methods will be called with the wrong parameters, sometimes your composite components will act in weird ways (such as using the button to close a modal dialog doing nothing).

    When used on something simple, it's an okay choice, but enterprise codebases that have been developed for years (not even a decade) across multiple versions will rot faster than just having a RESTful API and some separate SPA (that can be thrown out and rewritten altogether, if need be).

    Another option in the space is Vaadin which feels okay, but has its own problems: https://vaadin.com/

    Of course, my experiences are subjective and my own.

  • Happy path: Publishing a Web Component to Vaadin Add-on Directory
    2 projects | dev.to | 4 Jan 2023
    Did you find an excellent custom element that would make sense in your Vaadin Java web application? Maybe that is a web component that you previously published yourself in npmjs.com?
  • Are there any recommended libraries to make Spring Boot development even faster / easier?
    4 projects | /r/learnjava | 30 Dec 2022
    What you maybe asking for is something like vaadin or jhipster which marries the front with the backend. (I don't like them tbh but it worth mentioning)
  • LiveView in Clojure ?
    4 projects | /r/Clojure | 7 Dec 2022
  • free-for.dev
    67 projects | dev.to | 8 Nov 2022
    Vaadin — Build scalable UIs in Java or TypeScript, and use the integrated tooling, components and design system to iterate faster, design better and simplify the development process. Unlimited Projects with 5 years free maintenance.
  • Can I use Java to build a website?
    5 projects | /r/java | 2 Nov 2022
    You can use Java for Backend and Frontend. A relative new kid on the block for Frontend is Qute. The general keyword you are searching for is Java Templating Engine. Specific examples would be Thymeleaf or FreeMarker. There are some framework, which offer a lot more than templating like Vaadin or Wicket. Some are just specifications like Jakarta Faces with some of their implementations MyFaces or Mojarra.
  • Aire-UX Testing Framework Released to Maven Central!
    3 projects | /r/opensource | 10 Oct 2022
    This single-process, browserless testing framework allows you to inject live Vaadin or Sunshower.io widgets directly into your test-cases via CSS L4 selectors, navigate around your application to test workflows, and generally test UI interactions end-to-end quickly and safely. Comprehensive #springframework support is included via the Spring extension

Ratpack

Posts with mentions or reviews of Ratpack. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-02-19.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing Vaadin and Ratpack you can also consider the following projects:

PrimeFaces - Ultimate Component Suite for JavaServer Faces

Apache Wicket - Apache Wicket - Component-based Java web framework

Spring Boot - Spring Boot

ZK - ZK is a highly productive Java framework for building amazing enterprise web and mobile applications

Spring - Spring Framework

jwt - Java Web Toolkit

Play - The Community Maintained High Velocity Web Framework For Java and Scala.

jhipster - DEPRECATED: use https://github.com/jhipster/jhipster-bom instead

Ninja - Ninja is a full stack web framework for Java. Rock solid, fast and super productive.

Grails - The Grails Web Application Framework