Speed up the generator-jhipster
Tip submitted by @pascalgrimaud
Those tips don't work for npm 3+ because it uses symlink.
When using the generator-jhipster, the command npm install may take several minutes, depending on your connection speed.
This tip can be used in many cases:
- for demo of JHipster, to improve your experience
- for dev team, to regenerate faster a project with
.yo-rc.json - for continuous integration
Create a new project for node_modules
Create a directory which will contain all node_modules libraries, and go into it:
mkdir jhipster-speedup
cd jhipster-speedup
Create the directory node_modules:
mkdir -p node_modules
The project structure is :
jhipster-speedup
├── node_modules
Use this next command only if your are a developer on JHipster. It will link to your fork project of generator-jhipster:
npm link generator-jhipster
Generating projects
Create a directory which will contain your new JHipster project, and go into it:
mkdir jhipster
cd jhipster
Create a link to the directory node_modules:
ln -s <your path>/jhipster-speedup/node_modules
Generate a new project, and answer to all questions:
jhipster
The first time, it will take several minutes.
The next times, it will use the existing node_modules directory, so npm won't download all libraries.
If you use specific libraries and modify your package.json, you should copy the node_modules
from jhipster-speedup to your folder project, instead of using a link.