Learn JHIPSTER with Real Code Examples

JHipster combines Spring Boot for backend and modern frontend frameworks (Angular, React, Vue) for full-stack development.

It provides a Yeoman-based code generator to scaffold applications and microservices quickly.

Supports monolithic apps, microservices architecture, and cloud-native deployments with Docker and Kubernetes.

Includes pre-configured tools for authentication, database access, testing, and CI/CD pipelines.

Highly modular and extensible via Blueprints, allowing customization of generated applications.

Spring Boot backend with JPA/Hibernate

Angular, React, or Vue frontend scaffolding

JWT, OAuth2, or session authentication

Entity generation with CRUD operations

API Gateway, service registry, and microservices support

Entity - represents a database table with CRUD operations

Controller - handles HTTP requests in Spring Boot

Service - contains business logic

Repository - JPA repository for data access

UI Components - Angular/React/Vue components rendering data

src/main/java - backend Java code

src/main/resources - Spring Boot config and templates

src/main/webapp - frontend source code

src/test - backend and frontend tests

docker/ or kubernetes/ - deployment configurations

Generate project with JHipster generator

Define entities and relationships

Implement business logic in services

Create frontend components for UI

Test and run application locally or in Docker/Kubernetes

Beginner: simple CRUD monolith with Angular or React

Intermediate: REST API with JWT authentication

Advanced: Microservices with gateway, service registry, and messaging

Expert: Cloud-native deployment on Kubernetes with CI/CD

Architect: Multi-service enterprise platform with reactive frontends

JHipster vs Spring Boot alone: full-stack scaffolding vs backend only

JHipster vs Rails/Angular combo: Java-based vs Ruby/JS stack

JHipster vs Micronaut: JHipster full-stack, Micronaut lightweight backend

JHipster vs LoopBack: Spring Boot + JS frontend vs Node.js backend

JHipster vs Laravel: Enterprise-grade Java vs PHP monoliths

2013 - Initial release by Julien Dubois

2014 - First stable release with Angular frontend support

2016 - Added microservices and Docker/Kubernetes support

2018 - Integration with React and Vue frontends

2025 - Latest stable release with modern Spring Boot, frontend frameworks, and cloud deployment support

Entity - database table with JPA mapping

Controller - backend HTTP endpoint

Service - business logic layer

Repository - data access layer

UI Component - frontend component rendering data