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Using React Native, Ionic, and JHipster for Mobile Development

There are many options when it comes to developing mobile apps; there’s Kotlin or Java for Android and Swift and Objective C for iOS. Additionally, you have Progressive Web Apps (that have the ability to work offline and look like mobile apps) and hybrid mobile apps (apps created with web technologies that look like native apps).

I’m a web developer, and I like to use the technologies I know to create apps. This screencast shows you how to use JHipster—along with its Ionic and React Native modules—to create a health tracking application.

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Using Apache Kafka to Communicate Between Microservices

Traditionally, communication between microservices is done using their REST APIs. As systems evolve, however, the number of microservices gets larger—making communication more complex. Services begin depending on each other in a tightly coupled manner, slowing down dev teams work. Although this type of model may exhibit low latency, it only works if services are highly available.

To solve for this, new architectures decouple senders and receivers using asynchronous messaging. By using a Kafka-centric approach, you preserve low latency, gaining message balancing and centralized management.

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How to Use Ionic 4 for JHipster 6 to Build a Mobile App

Developers were using JHipster for designing mobile apps before 'hipster' was even, like, a thing

New Photo in Ionic AppFor all those who know me, you know how much I love Java, Spring Boot, JHipster, and Ionic.

JHipster is the best thing ever. It’s a popular, fully open-source app generator and platform where you can quickly build Java apps with JavaScript front-ends.

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Stay Hip With the Latest Java and Spring Boot Using JHipster 6

Stay hip with JHipster for your Java and Spring Boot apps

If you’re confused by how OAuth 2.0 and OpenID Connect (OIDC) work together, please see What the Heck is OAuth? In short, OIDC is a thin layer on top of OAuth 2.0 that adds identity.

The Java world has been very busy lately, especially with all the major Java versions releasing every six months. This honestly can be a lot to keep up with. I was using Java 8 until I was introduced to Spring Boot 2.1.

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Microservices Architecture With Spring Boot and Spring Cloud

Did you know that some of the largest tech companies, like Amazon and Google, are using Java to develop a microservices architecture? Many companies are building a microservices architecture to scale their people, but not their systems. If you’re also looking to do so, a good way to get started is to hire more Java developers (because there are so many of them). 

Within the Java ecosystem, you’ll find some well-rooted patterns for building microservice architectures. And if you’ve developed with Spring before, then Spring Boot and Spring Cloud should feel like a nice homecoming.