The latest articles on DEV Community by Christian Beulke (@cbeulke). https://dev.to/cbeulke https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F355236%2F637e6e8e-b3a2-4165-a35f-4b15c02d1113.jpeg https://dev.to/cbeulke en Christian Beulke Fri, 18 Dec 2020 17:12:21 +0000 https://dev.to/cbeulke/rapid-development-with-jhipster-and-vaadin-as-simple-as-it-sounds-511 https://dev.to/cbeulke/rapid-development-with-jhipster-and-vaadin-as-simple-as-it-sounds-511 <p>Maybe it's too obvious, maybe it's too simple... Nonetheless, the lazy backend engineer that I am, I was looking for a solution to make my life as easy as possible when it comes to repeating tasks like implementing data models as well as building business UI (no fanciness, just a user interface to work with!).</p> <h2> JHipster for backend generation </h2> <p>When it comes to generating data models and all the stuff related like repositories, service classes etc. I think JHipster is a quite fair solution.</p> <h2> Vaadin for frontend implementation </h2> <p>Regarding UI building as a java developer Vaadin is amazing for it spares me all the communication handling between server and client while also supporting very advanced interface components.</p> <h2> Combining them... </h2> <p>Bringing them both together is as simple as it can be. Create a JHipster application with the jhipster cli, add the Vaadin dependencies to the application <em>pom.xml</em> and you are ready to go! Building UI classes with <code>@Route</code> annotations works out of the box.</p> <p>Next step for me is to find out how to implement a useful authentication and authorization solution. My experiences will appear here soon.</p> <p>P.S.: Though for now I am really happy with the "JHipster/Vaadin combo", feel free to suggest alternatives for backend generation / UI implementation! I am really interested to broaden the focus :-)</p> java jhipster vaadin