Vaadin 7 UI Design By Example Beginner's Guide

Summary

This was a short but juicy chapter. Take a look at what we have learned:

• We learned how to get path info, parameters, and fragments in the URL by using the VaadinRequest.getPathInfo, VaadinRequest.getParamenter, and Page.getUriFragment methods.
• We learned how to get a referent to the current VaadinRequest by calling VaadinService.getCurrentRequest().
• We learned how navigators make it easy to implement navigation capabilities through fragments by adding instances of View to a Navigator.
• We learned how easy it is to preserve state in Vaadin applications by using the @PreserveOnRefresh annotation in our UI implementations.
• We learned how to identify users and store related data by using VaadinSession.
• We learned how to use menus and key shortcuts. ...