JHipster modules and blueprints are a great way to add more features and functionality to your generated code. There are many modules (55 at the time of writing) 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 noticing are as follows:
- 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 Hibernate auditing. It also provides a nice UI to view the audits in an Angular application. It will enable auditing for new entities as well as existing entities.
- Ionic: This provides an Ionic client for JHipster apps. It is an ideal solution if you want to create mobile applications with a JHipster backend and Angular frontend with Ionic.
- Swagger CLI: Module provides support for generating Swagger clients for a JHipster application.
- gRPC: This module generates gRPC reactive endpoints for a JHipster application. It supports entities as well, and is an ideal choice if you want a non-blocking reactive API for your JHipster application.
- VueJS: This module provides VueJS support for JHipster applications. It creates minimal boilerplate to start client-side development for JHipster apps using VueJS.
Take a look at the following steps:
- To use a JHipster module first install it using npm i -g generator-<module-name> or yarn add global generator-<module-name>.
- Once installed, go into the JHipster application directory and execute yo <module-name> to initiate the module and follow the prompts.