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Real-World Use Case: Full Stack Model Automation

Hix was designed to solve a very common problem in modern development: reducing boilerplate when creating new screens or entities across a full stack application.

The Problem

When you add a new feature like a Customer or Product, you often have to:

  • Create a backend model class
  • Write a database table or ORM definition
  • Build a REST API handler
  • Create an HTML form
  • Add JS for validation or interactivity
  • Define styles, test files, etc.

That's 5–10 files per model, most of which follow a repeatable structure.

The Hix Solution

Hix lets you define templates for each type of file — HTML, Python, TypeScript, SQL, etc. Then, with a single command, it can generate all those files for a given model.

Example:

Given: - Customer.json (model) - Templates: - customer.model.py.hix - customer.form.html.hix - customer.api.js.hix - customer.sql.hix

You can run:

hix customer.model.py.hix Customer.json > src/models/customer.py
hix customer.form.html.hix Customer.json > frontend/forms/customer.html
hix customer.api.js.hix Customer.json > api/customer.js
hix customer.sql.hix Customer.json > migrations/create_customer.sql

Or automate it with a script.

Bash Script Example

#!/bin/bash
MODEL=$1

hix templates/model.py.hix models/$MODEL.json > output/$MODEL.py
hix templates/form.html.hix models/$MODEL.json > output/$MODEL.html
hix templates/api.js.hix models/$MODEL.json > output/$MODEL.js
hix templates/schema.sql.hix models/$MODEL.json > output/$MODEL.sql

Usage:

./generate.sh Customer

PowerShell Example

param([string]$Model)

hix templates\model.py.hix models\$Model.json > output\$Model.py
hix templates\form.html.hix models\$Model.json > output\$Model.html
hix templates\api.js.hix models\$Model.json > output\$Model.js
hix templates\schema.sql.hix models\$Model.json > output\$Model.sql

Usage:

.\generate.ps1 -Model Customer

Benefits

  • 🔁 Consistent code structure across files and teams
  • 🧠 Fewer manual errors when creating boilerplate
  • ⚡ Fast prototyping of new modules or features
  • 🧩 Decouples templates from data so you can focus on the logic

With Hix, you design your code scaffolding once — and reuse it forever.