NX NestJS React starter

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Project setup / initialization

This project setup was created by executing folling steps

1. install nx globally npm i nx

2. initialize new nx workspace with default react-app
   npx create-nx-workspace@latest nx-nestjs-react-starter

3. use package manager of choice to install dependency for NestJS
   yarn add -D @nrwl/nest
npm install -D @nrwl/nest

4. add a new nestjs app to the workspace
   npx nx g @nrwl/nest:app api --frontendProject=client

5. add a shared library
   nx g @nrwl/node:library mylib

adjust package.json

support linting and testing for all applications at once
"test": "npx nx run-many --all --target=test --parallel"
"lint": "nx workspace-lint && npx nx run-many --all --target=lint --parallel"

add separate run & build scripts for backend and frontend
"start:client": "nx run client:serve"
"start:api": "nx run api:serve"

Adding capabilities to your workspace

Nx supports many plugins which add capabilities for developing different types of applications and different tools.

These capabilities include generating applications, libraries, etc as well as the devtools to test, and build projects as well.

• React
  • npm install --save-dev @nrwl/react
• Nest
  • npm install --save-dev @nrwl/nest
• Node
  • npm install --save-dev @nrwl/node

There are also many community plugins you could add.

Generate an application

Run nx g @nrwl/react:app my-app to generate an application.

You can use any of the plugins above to generate applications as well.

When using Nx, you can create multiple applications and libraries in the same workspace.

Generate a library

Run nx g @nrwl/react:lib my-lib to generate a react library. Run nx g @nrwl/node:library mylib to create a new node library.

You can also use any of the plugins above to generate libraries as well.

Libraries are shareable across libraries and applications. They can be imported from @nx-nestjs-react-starter/mylib.

Development server

Run nx serve client for a frontend dev server. Navigate to http://localhost:4200/. Run nx serve api for a backend dev server. Navigate to http://localhost:3333/api.
The app will automatically reload if you change any of the source files.

Code scaffolding

Run nx g @nrwl/react:component my-component --project=my-app to generate a new component.

Build

Run nx build api or nx build client respectively to build the project. The build artifacts will be stored in the dist/ directory. Use the --prod flag for a production build.

Running unit tests

Run nx test api or nx test client to execute the unit tests via Jest.

Run nx affected:test to execute the unit tests affected by a change.

Running end-to-end tests

Run ng e2e client to execute the end-to-end tests via Cypress.

Run nx affected:e2e to execute the end-to-end tests affected by a change.

Understand your workspace

Run nx dep-graph to see a diagram of the dependencies of your projects.

Further help

Visit the Nx Documentation to learn more.