VRaptor 2 / News: Recent posts

We are proud to announce the latest release of the VRaptor web framework. VRaptor aims to make it dead simple to write MVC web applications, applying the Convetion Over Configuration (CoC) paradigm.

The highlight of the 2.6.0 release is a new way to offer user-friendlier URIs for your application.

VRaptor 2.5.0 comes with a couple bug fixes, code improvement, some new features and better test coverage.

You can see the release notes at http://vraptor.org/release-notes.html

VRaptor 2.4 comes with many improvements (see the release notes). There is a new maven plugin which automatically generates the vraptor.xml file. Now, vraptor projects based on maven2 can use mvn jetty:run.

Check also the new ScopeType.FLASH. Objects in that scope will exist until the next request.

VRaptor 2.3.2 comes with many bug fixes, better spring ioc integration, support on constructor injection on interceptors and auto-loading disabling option. Special thanks to Diego Plentz and Ricardo Cruz for their contribution on this release.

maintenance release with bug fixes and docs updates

VRaptor 2.3 comes with a lot of improvements, including Spring IOC integration, support for XML remote REST requests, new converters, better support for logic parameters and a new spring web application example.

All servlet api scopes are now automatically available for dependency injection. Joda-Time API Converters have been implemented for those who use it. The hibernate validator plugin now allows validation on method parameters.The url manager can now be changed in order to provide support for different urls. ... read more

We have ajax support! Yes, VRaptor 2.2.3 offers ajax for your logic methods! Please read the ajax tutorial to see how it works.

VRaptor is a web mvc and ioc framework which was based on many frameworks and ideas. It makes full use of Java 5 Annotations. The result? A simpler way to deal with web programming. Your business logic classes have no contact with javax.servlet API, and there is less need of configuration than with other web controllers.

VRaptor is a web mvc and ioc framework which was based on many frameworks and ideas. It makes full use of Java 5 Annotations. The result? A simpler way to deal with web programming. Your business logic classes have no contact with javax.servlet API, and there is less need of configuration than with other web controllers.
Release 2.2.2 supports parameter injection for your logic methods! We also have a new eclipse plugin and more and better tutorials!

VRaptor's 2.2.1 comes with improved documentation, a lot of bug fixes and some new functions.

A new interceptor stack is now available which gives you the possibility to group interceptors, shrinking your annotation code.

Localized double and float converters were added to make it easier to code i18n applications.

At the same time, a new plugin tutorial has been added which explains how to create your own vraptor plugin.... read more

VRaptor's 2.2 comes with loadls of new examples and improved documentation.

The new faq section has been extended, feel free to ask questions in the new mailing lists and forum.

VRaptor now supports client side redirection, the hibernate validator framework for easier user data validation, features (once again) the zero xml configuration support and new annotations.

Maven users can find vraptor and its dependencies for your project under group id org.vraptor at ibiblio.... read more

New translations and documentats were added to the project, while a few bugs were fixed and exception handling/404 errors are correctly handled.

More info in the release notes section.

VRaptor's 2.1 comes with a lot of new features, including a portuguese translation of the docs.

While all uptodate bugs were closed, vraptor has innovated with a few improvements as with better conversion exceptions support, better code design, less needed dependencies.

There is a new component scope, capable of feeding and retrieving managed beans from the session and - in the near future - work just like jsf (but simpler).... read more

VRaptor2 comes with a new xml tag capable of auto-discovering your business components, almost like most frameworks do nowadays appart from providing support to client redirection.

Constructor injection is now allowed as vraptor will look for attributes in the four scopes: logic, request, session and application - in that order, take a look at the end of the injection tutorial.

The logic context can now be easily injected to register some components and there is a tutorial explaining such new features in VRaptor 2.

VRaptor 2.0.3 comes with Hibernate Validator support, a few bug fixes, improvements in the automatic test generator, a default file upload interceptor based on jakarta-commons file-upload and new tests.

VRaptor 2.0.2 has been released with a lot of bug fixes and a new complete example application, showing off almost every VRaptor feature including integrating it with Hibernate 3.1.

VRaptor is a java web controller based on different ideas from many frameworks which have shown to be programmer-friendly.

A first example of how to use VRaptor to create a simple business logic in a java MVC enviroment is available as part of its documentation.
http://vraptor2.sourceforge.net/first-example.html

Configuration should be minimal. With this lema in mind, it favors convention over configuration (CoC) makes it easier for the programmer to focus on business code instead of configuration files (or annotations).... read more

New vraptor release is out... with support for converter's overriding, logic aliases, new interceptor's and tutorials...

vraptor 2.0 beta 2 is out... new functionalities make development and configuration even faster
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