Recompiling widgetsets in Maven
When we add a client-side add-on into our project, we need to recompile the widgetset. In this recipe, we will explore how to recompile widgetsets in the new Maven plugin for Vaadin.
Getting ready
Create a new Vaadin project in Maven.
How to do it...
When we change the client-side components, we just run the following command in the project root where the pom.xml file is located. Then the recompilation of the widgetset is started.
mvn vaadin:compile
In case we want to just update a widgetset after adding an add-on, we run the following Maven target in the command line:
mvn vaadin:update-widgetset
How it works...
Maven plugin for Vaadin takes care of the widgetset compilation, which makes the widget compilation much easier than it was in Vaadin 6.
Java widget code is compiled to JavaScript during the widgetset's compilation. If you wish to know more about that, then follow the tutorial at https://developers.google.com/web-toolkit/doc/latest/tutorial/gettingstarted.
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