Module-based architecture support in AdonisJS v7 with codegen

[Clemsim]

Hi everyone, i have a question about the version 7 of adonis framework:
Currently, i use a module based architecture, as shown below:

├── bin
├── commands
├── config
├── modules
├── ...

And then the modules folder:

modules/
├── assos
│   ├── contracts
│   ├── controllers
│   ├── database
│   ├── factories
│   ├── models
│   ├── router.ts
│   └── validators
├── cards
├── cotis
├── events
├── pay
├── posts
└── users

Each module is self-contained (controllers, models, validators, routes, etc.), allowing better separation of concerns and scalability.
This approach worked well in AdonisJS v6, but I’m unsure how well it fits with the code generation and conventions introduced in v7.
Is it still possible to do something like that, with codegen used in adonis 7?
Thank you for reading

[rgonzlz]

Hi!

I'm using https://github.com/adonisjs-community/modules and so far so good, but I think it has some limitations, for example, I can't get automatic controller-* files to work, so I have to use dynamic imports.

[FlorianV85]

Hey! Are you referring to barrel files—for importing controllers into routes? If so, you can configure your adonisrc.ts file to specify that your controllers are in subfolders. For example:

hooks: {
    init: [
      indexEntities({
        controllers: {
          enabled: true,
          source: './app',
          glob: ['**/controllers/**/*.ts'],
          importAlias: '#app',
        },
        // (...)
      }),
    ],
    // (...)
  },