In the previous chapters of this book, we learned about JHipster and the various tools and technologies it supports in detail. These are the things we have learned so far:

• We learned to develop monolithic and microservice applications. We also learned about differences in the architecture and the reasons to choose one over the other.
• We created entities using JDL, and we customized the generated application for our business needs.
• We created a CI/CD setup using Jenkins.
• We deployed the monolith application to the Heroku cloud.
• We deployed the microservice architecture to the Google Cloud using Kubernetes and Docker.
• We learned about Spring Framework, Spring Boot, Angular, React, Vue.js, Docker, Kubernetes, and much more.

In this chapter, we will see what steps you need to take next to use what you have learned from this book, and we will also talk about some of the best practices, tips, tricks, and suggestions from the JHipster community. As core contributors to JHipster, we will also provide some insights and lessons in this chapter. The following are some of the topics that we will touch upon:

• The next steps to take
• The best practices to keep in mind
• Using JHipster modules