Getting Started with JHipster on OS X
Last week I was tasked with developing a quick prototype that used AngularJS for its client and Spring MVC
for its server. A colleague developed the same application using Backbone.js and Spring MVC.
At first, I considered using my boot-ionic
project as a starting point. Then I realized I didn't need to develop a native mobile app, but rather a
responsive web app.
My colleague mentioned he was going to use RESThub as his starting point, so I figured I'd use JHipster as mine. We allocated a day to get our environments setup with the tools we needed, then timeboxed our first feature spike to four hours.
My first experience with JHipster failed the 10-minute test. I spent a lot of time flailing about with various "npm" and "yo" commands, getting permissions issues along the way. After getting thinks to work with some sudo action, I figured I'd try its Docker development environment. This experience was no better.
JHipster seems like a nice project, so I figured I'd try to find the causes of my issues. This article is designed to save you the pain I had. If you'd rather just see the steps to get up and running quickly, skip to the summary.
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