Online version at https://start.jhipster.tech/jdl-studio/ differs from offline-version either docker image or in tomcat container from branches gh-pages or jhipster-online

[peddanet]

Hi,

Following occurs when calling the docker image by:

docker run --rm -it -p 18080:80 jhipster/jdl-studio

or cloning the github to a tomcat container (on Ubuntu i.e.)

1. I get a message:

Warning!
You are using an old version of JDL Studio. Please use our new URL at: https://start.jhipster.tech/jdl-studio/

2. I cannot use the import function, which in case of the online-version https://start.jhipster.tech/jdl-studio/ works brilliantly and opens a "Open File Dialogue" window!

3. This is the same for both of the branches gh-page as well as jhipster-online.

Could there be probably a commit missing?

Regards Peter

[jdubois]

That's "normal" :-) Let me explain:

• The Docker image you use is the "real" JDL Studio, which is only a web page and doesn't have a back-end.
• The back-end that is used is from JHipster Online, which is not Open Sourced yet. We will do it when we have time - the biggest challenge for us is that it stores data in Google Cloud Datastore, and we would like to migrate to an SQL database instead (otherwise you still won't be able to use it inside Docker!).

So at the moment:

• Yes you have the warning - we should remove it soon, now everybody migrated to the new JHispter Online. Just ignore it.
• You can't store the data outside of your browser. It stores your file in local storage. And in the future you will have access to a storage system.

[peddanet]

Thank you, this helps a lot getting clear with the sad facts!

BTW: Why is the backend closed source ? What is it and why?

[jdubois]

It's closed source because it's a small project I did during the holidays - it will be open source as it's successful, but this takes time to do, and I just have other stuff to do during my free time (like spending time with my 3 kids)