JHipster release v8.0.0-rc.1
This is our first release candidate for JHipster v8.
It includes 452 closed tickets and pull requests on the main project.
What's new?
⚠️ Breaking changes/Deprecations/Removals
- Drop unmaintained deployment sub-generators (#23422)
- aws
 - azure-app-service
 - azure-spring-cloud
 - cloudfoundry
 - gae
 - openshift
 
 - drop openapi-client sub-generator (#23632)
 - drop page sub-generator (#23615)
 - drop upgrade-config sub-generator (ab46e40)
 - drop spring-controller and spring-service sub-generators (#23502)
 
💎 Features & Enhancements
- Update spring-boot version to 3.1.4 (#23613)
 - Update maven version to 3.9.5 (#23843)
 - Upgrade to Gradle 8.4 (#23787)
 
💻 Frontend
- Migrate vue to vite. (#23532)
 - fix swagger for gateway/microservices (#23499)
 - Rework translation process (#23488)
 
🐾 JDL/Internals/Blueprints
- Improve blueprint support
 - Lots of internal improvements and refactoring
 
📜 Others
- Many improvements
 - Many libraries upgrades
 - Many bug fixes
 
Closed tickets and merged pull requests
As always, you can check all closed tickets and merged pull requests here.
How to install
To install JHipster v8.0.0-rc.1 using using NPM:
npm install -g generator-jhipster
It is also available using the JHipster Docker image, as it is automatically built from our source code.
However, as this is a release candidate it will not be available using our other usual channels like:
Help and bugs
If you find any issue with this release, don't hesitate to:
- Add a bug on our bug tracker
 - Post a question on Stack Overflow
 
If the issue you have is an urgent bug or security issue, please:
- Contact @jhipster on Twitter