Vaadin vs jQuery UI

Question

I'm starting a new Java project and it seems to me that the most prevailing UI technologies are jQuery UI vs Vaadin (or GWT).

Is there any guidelines on how to choose the most appropriate UI framework, any advantages and advantages that can be noted here.

For example using Vaadin is like developing a desktop application comparable to developing Java Swing applications which different to using jQuery.

But I would appreciate any additional thoughts regarding this.

Thanks.

Answer 1

What I like about Vaadin is that it handles the whole client side stuff and the communication between the client and the server (keep the UI refreshed and so forth). As you already mentioned it's like programming a Swing application. Vaadin gives you a bunch of components and is extendable with GWT widgets. It's still adaptable.

You don't have to care about HTML and JavaScript with Vaadin so you can fully concentrate developing your application.

I hope I could've helped you with my point of view.