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Full Stack Development with JHipster - Second Edition

By : Deepu K Sasidharan, Sendil Kumar Nellaiyapen
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Full Stack Development with JHipster - Second Edition

By: Deepu K Sasidharan, Sendil Kumar Nellaiyapen

Overview of this book

JHipster is an open source development platform that allows you to easily create web apps and microservices from scratch without spending time on wiring and integrating different technologies. Updated to include JHipster 6, Java 11, Spring Boot 2.1, Vue.js, and Istio, this second edition of Full Stack Development with JHipster will help you build full stack applications and microservices seamlessly. You'll start by understanding JHipster and its associated tools, along with the essentials of full stack development, before building a monolithic web app. You'll then learn the JHipster Domain Language (JDL) with entity modeling using JDL-Studio. With this book, you'll create production-ready web apps using Spring Boot, Spring Framework, Angular, and Bootstrap, and run tests and set up continuous integration pipelines with Jenkins. As you advance, you'll learn how to convert your monoliths to microservices and how to package your application for production with various deployment options, including Heroku and Google Cloud. You'll also learn about Docker and Kubernetes, along with an introduction to the Istio service mesh. Finally, you'll build your client-side with React and Vue.js and discover JHipster's best practices. By the end of the book, you'll be able to leverage the best tools available to build modern web apps.
Table of Contents (23 chapters)
1
Section 1: Getting Started with the JHipster Platform
4
Section 2: Building and Customizing Web Applications with JHipster
8
Section 3: Continuous Integration and Testing
11
Section 4: Converting Monoliths to Microservice Architecture
15
Section 5: Deployment of Microservices
18
Section 6: React and Vue.js for the Client Side

Using JHipster modules

JHipster modules and blueprints are a great way to add more features and functionality to your generated code. There are many modules and blueprints available to choose from in the JHipster marketplace (http://www.jhipster.tech/modules/marketplace), and you can also build your own modules to suit your needs. Some of the modules worth noting are as follows:

  • Vue.js: This module provides Vue.js support for JHipster applications. It creates a full-fledged client-side app for JHipster using Vue.js.
  • Ignite JHipster: This provides a React Native boilerplate for JHipster apps, an ideal way to kickstart your React Native application using JHipster as the backend.
  • Entity Audit: This module enables entity audits. It uses Hibernate audit hooks to create a custom audit for entity CRUD operations. It also provides JaVers as the auditing mechanism instead of the custom...