The competition among frontend frameworks

 Frontend frameworks for desktop and responsive on other devices can be categorized in 5 main types:

• Angular
• ReactJS/Nextjs
• VueJS
• Classic (html, css, jquery, thymeleaf, asp.net)
• Flutter Web
  

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Installation mdbootstrap 5

Step 1

Download the package

Step 2

Unzip downloaded package and open it in the code editor

Step 3

Open Dreamweaver editor and create a HTML site.

Find a template site and copy an index.html file to your project and compose your website. And yes, it's that simple! 

Importing CSS file

To import MDB stylesheet please use the following syntax:

<!-- Font Awesome -->

<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://use.fontawesome.com/releases/v5.11.2/css/all.css" />

<!-- Google Fonts Roboto -->

<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Roboto:wght@300;400;500;700&display=swap" />

 <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/mdb.min.css" />

Importing JS file

<script href="js/mdb.min.js"></script>

Run: click index.html file to open it on browser

and it works

Source code
IntegratedMaterialDesignAdminDemo


Reference document:
https://mdbootstrap.com/docs/standard/getting-started/installation/

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VUE3 for Java developer

What is Vue.js and VUE 3 features?

Vue (pronounced /vjuː/, like view) is a progressive framework for building user interfaces. Unlike other monolithic frameworks, Vue is designed from the ground up to be incrementally adoptable. The core library is focused on the view layer only, and is easy to pick up and integrate with other libraries or existing projects. On the other hand, Vue is also perfectly capable of powering sophisticated Single-Page Applications when used in combination with modern tooling and supporting libraries (opens new window)

Vue 3 was officially released on September 18, 2020. While it has some great new features, especially having full TypeScript support which is the same as Angular 10. New Features in Vue 3 are

•     Composition API (built-in now)
•     Full TypeScript support
•     Portals
•     Fragments
•     Suspense
•     Global Mounting/Configuration API change
•     Multiple v-models
•     Custom Directive API
•     Multiple root elements (Template syntax )
•     Better reactivity
•     Emits Component Option

Easy integration is one important feature of VUE so that It is now easy to integrate with java frameworks such as Apache wicket, Play framework, Spring framework.. Java backend developer can be easy to understand VUE 3 so that they will improve their weakness with frontend.

Some VUE 3 details

The Composition API is introduced in Vue 3 as an alternative to the Options API in vuejs 2.x. 

It would be much nicer if we could collocate code related to the same logical concern. And this is exactly what the Composition API enables us to do. To start working with the Composition API we first need a place where we can actually use it. In a Vue component, we call this place the setup.

The setup option should be a function that accepts props and context which we will talk about later. Additionally, everything that we return from setup will be exposed to the rest of our component (computed properties, methods, lifecycle hooks and so on) as well as to the component's template. The setup method is also where all the action happens. This method gets called after beforeCreate and right before the created lifecycle hooks. Notice that setup is the only function inside our component.  

beforeCreate() => setup() => create()




For example:

import {defineComponent, ref, computed} from 'vue';

export default defineComponent({

  name: 'HelloNewYear',

  components: {},

  props: {

    msg: Object,

  },

  setup(props) {

      const msg = ref('msg');      

      const updateMsg = (newValue) => msg.value = newValue;

  

      return { msg, updateMsg }

  }

});

Lifecycle inside setup() includes 9 lifecycles:

•     onBeforeMount
•     onMouted
•     onBeforeUpdate
•     onUpdated
•     onBeforeUnmount
•     onUnmount
•     onActivated
•     onDeactivated
•     onErrorCaptured
•     onRenderTracked
•     onRenderTriggered

Full TypeScript support

Vue 3 has full TypeScript support. For example, 

To create mixins in TypeScript, we must first create our mixin file, which contains the data we share with other components.

Create a file called MsgMixin.ts inside the mixins directory and add the following mixin, which shares the project name and a method to update the project name.

import { Component, Vue } from 'vue-property-decorator'
@Component
class MsgMixin extends Vue {
  public msgName: string = 'My Message
  public setMsgName(newVal: string): void {
    this.msgName = newVal
  }
}
export default MsgMixin

Multiple root elements (template syntax )

In Vue 2,  the template tag can only take one root element. In Vue 3, There is no need for a root element anymore.

We can use any number of tags directly inside the <template></template> section:

<template>

  <p> Count: {{ count }} </p>

  <button @click="increment"> Increment </button>

  <button @click="decrement"> Decrement</button>

</template>

Equivalent code in Vue 2:

<template>

  <div class="counter">

    <p> Count: {{ count }} </p>

    <button @click="increment"> Increment </button>

    <button @click="decrement"> Decrement</button>

  </div>

</template>

Suspense

Suspense is a special component that renders a fallback content instead of your component until a condition is met. 

Provide / inject

In Vue 2, we used props for passing data – such as string, arrays, objects, and so on – from a parent component directly to its children component. But in many cases, we also need to pass data from the parent component to a deeply nested child component which is, not so appropriate and becoming complicated in normal cases.

Vue 3 use the new Provide and inject pair to pass data with vuex.

Teleport is a new feature that makes it easy to display a component outside its default position i.e the #app container where Vue apps are usually wrapped. You can, for example, use Teleport to display a header component outside the #app div. Please note that you can only Teleport to elements that exist outside of the Vue DOM.

Global Mounting/Configuration API Change

It has simple command as following

import { createApp } from 'vue'

import App from './App.vue'

const app = createApp(App)

app.config.ignoredElements = [/^app-/]

app.use(/* ... */)

app.mixin(/* ... */)

app.component(/* ... */)

app.directive(/* ... */)

app.mount('#app')

Multiple v-Models

for example, to bind and listen to multiple properties in components:

<NameComponent

  v-model:fornames="forname"

  v-model:surname="surname"

/>

Understanding Vue 3 Ref for Reactive Variables

In this section, we'll learn about the ref() function in Vue 3. In Vue 3, you can use the ref() function to define a reactive variable. It can wrap any primitive or object and return it’s reactive reference. The value of passed element will be kept in a value property of the created reference. For example if you want to access value of count reference you need to explicitly ask for count.value. 

Difference between Angular and Vue on Different Parameters

Parameters	ANGULAR	VUE
Easy Integration	Angular is a Javascript framework, making easier for developers to integrate it with third-party components and other Javascript-based technologies.	On the other hand, Vue is a versatile and a flexible framework. It facilitates front-end libraries integration easily.
Flexibility	Angular framework is considered highly flexible as it offers official support to multiple systems without any restriction.	At the same time, Vue is not as flexible as Angular. It's a bit rigid. There are some rules which need to be followed while working on an application. Still, it provides flexibility for modular solutions.
Complexity	Angular framework is much more complex than Vue when it comes to design and API. A non-trivial application development takes more time with Angular than Vue.	Developing a non-trivial application takes less time when integrating with Vue. If we talk about design and API, Vue is considered simpler.
TypeScript	The learning resources provided by Angular are Typescript based so it acts as a booster for the developers and at the same time difficult for the beginners to learn.	Vue recently got the Typescript functionality, but it is not currently in use.
Performance	Angular has performed well till date. It doesn't disappoint. Angular is best known for its fast performance. Despite having a lot of watchers, Angular guarantee the same performance metrics on different platforms.	Vue also delivers the same quality performance as Angular. Both of them perform outstandingly on different benchmarks and at the same time addressing similar issues.
Data binding	Angular utilizes a two-way binding process between scopes. In addition to this, it supports asynchronous services to assist developers when they develop third-party components to integrate with the app.	On the other hand, Vue supports one-way data flow between the components. It facilitates non-trivial app development quickly.

VUE 3 and Angular are both using TypeScript and html/css template opposed to ReactJS that uses HTML (JSX) inside JavaScript.

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Dart language from view of Java Developer

Nowadays I hear so much from Internet about Dart language so that today at the weekend I will go skimly Dart language on Google search.

I found some good sites such as https://www.vogella.com/tutorials/Dart/article.html, https://flutter.dev/docs/resources/bootstrap-into-dart and I understood that Google Dart is a new programming language from Google that is used to build mobile applications, web applications, Internet of Things (IoT), advertisements, and so on.

The most famous framework that use Dart language is Flutter framework for mobile app development that can run on iOS, Android, etc. 

I see that Dart syntax learned much from Java8, RxJS, Typescript and add/update some differences to improve from Java.

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Apache Wicket 9 news

 With emerging of ReactJS and  Angular and Microservices, Apache Wicket framework seems darkly because many people think that only ReactJS, Angular, VueJS can work with Microservices. But apache wicket is also a FrontEnd framework and can communicate with Microservices over internet by JSON format data exchange and It is still safely, more stronger. Following is the news from https://wicket.apache.org site:

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Add Redux lifestyle into Angular's Reactive State Management

If you are java developer and you are not good at design and frontend skill but you want to develop a java web application using microservices style, Angular is the best choice as front-end framework for you. Angular is like java Wicket framework. Both use real html DOM in markup file so that It is easy to incorporate with cut-css/html frontend developer to make a target ui page.
Redux is a predictable state container for JavaScript apps and Redux was designed for React.
There are several ways to use Redux or create a Redux-inspired system that works with Angular. We can use Redux directly in order to show the concepts without introducing a new dependency (pure redux). But Angular also has state container by supporting from popular state management frameworks: angular-redux, ngrx, ngxs, akita

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Angular 2 with ZK

With the emerging of reactjs and angular2, zk and other old ui java frameworks are standing before of going to history library but now angular2 has been integrated into zk and make it having more custom chosen for users so that zk framework is still used for maintainance and new java projects.

Angular 2 is integrated in zk by using  client command binding to communicate with a Java ViewModel at the server-side.

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Getting started with React Native and Redux

This article is a simple step-by-step of how to start a project with React Native and Redux.

Source Code (Branch init)

Create-react-native-app

Following the path of its excellent web brother, I recommend the use of the create-react-native-app to bootstrap your new project. This one configures all the build tools necessary to create a React Native app, and gives you some excellent Expo integrations.

First thing to do is to install CLI tool with

npm install -g create-react-native-app

Now, run the following command with the name you want to give to your project

react-native init my_awesome_app

Go forward to the new folder, and run

react-native run-android

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Spring Boot + React Redux and MySQL CRUD example

This article will build React Redux Http Client & Spring Boot Server example that uses Spring Data JPA to interact with MySQL database and React as a front-end technology to make request and receive response.
Technologies
– Java 1.8
– Maven 3.3.9
– Spring Tool Suite 3.9.0.RELEASE
– Spring Boot 2.0.1.RELEASE
– Webpack 4.4.1
– React 16.3.0
– Redux 3.7.2
– React Redux 5.0.7
– axios 0.18.0
– MySQL 5.7.16

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Devstack download: migrating from JSF to ReactJS

At Bandwidth, our UI front end was originally written using JSF (java server faces). This made sense at the time because we had a lot of Java developers and it was easier for them to work with. As time moved on and we expanded our team we got more front-end developers on board. They were pushing for a more modern front end stack that will help improve efficiency for front-end development. That is how we ended up deciding to use ReactJs.
I think one of the trickiest parts of the change was deciding how to go about it. It takes a lot of time and effort to make the change and we had to convince everyone that it would be worth it. Since there was already a movement to revamp our signup process, it seemed like a perfect opportunity to write that using ReactJs and Redux. It also had the plus side of not needing to be authenticated so you really couldn’t pick a better piece to migrate first. You can click the link below to check out our new signup page and see the results!

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