@nx/node:application

Nx Application Options Schema.

Usage

1nx generate application ... 2
1nx g app ... #same 2

By default, Nx will search for application in the default collection provisioned in workspace.json.

You can specify the collection explicitly as follows:

1nx g @nx/node:application ... 2
Nx 15 and lower use @nrwl/ instead of @nx/

Show what will be generated without writing to disk:

1nx g application ... --dry-run 2

Options

name

Required
string
Pattern: ^[a-zA-Z][^:]*$

The name of the application.

bundler

string
Default: esbuild
Accepted values: esbuild, webpack

Bundler which is used to package the application

directory

string

The directory of the new application.

frontendProject

string

Frontend project that needs to access this application. This sets up proxy configuration.

framework

string
Default: none
Accepted values: express, fastify, koa, nest, none

Generate the node application using a framework

docker

boolean

Add a docker build target

e2eTestRunner

string
Default: jest
Accepted values: jest, none

Test runner to use for end to end (e2e) tests

js

boolean
Default: false

Generate JavaScript files rather than TypeScript files.

linter

string
Default: eslint
Accepted values: eslint

The tool to use for running lint checks.

projectNameAndRootFormat

string
Accepted values: as-provided, derived

Whether to generate the project name and root directory as provided (as-provided) or generate them composing their values and taking the configured layout into account (derived).

pascalCaseFiles

P
boolean
Default: false

Use pascal case file names.

port

number
Default: 3000

The port which the server will be run on

swcJest

boolean
Default: false

Use @swc/jest instead ts-jest for faster test compilation.

setParserOptionsProject

boolean
Default: false

Whether or not to configure the ESLint parserOptions.project option. We do not do this by default for lint performance reasons.

tags

string

Add tags to the application (used for linting).

unitTestRunner

string
Default: jest
Accepted values: jest, none

Test runner to use for unit tests.

rootProject

InternalHidden
boolean
Default: false

Create node application at the root of the workspace

skipFormat

Internal
boolean
Default: false

Skip formatting files

skipPackageJson

Internal
boolean
Default: false

Do not add dependencies to package.json.

babelJest

Deprecated
boolean
Default: false

Use babel instead ts-jest.

Use --swcJest instead for faster compilation

standaloneConfig

Deprecated
boolean
Default: true

Split the project configuration into <projectRoot>/project.json rather than including it inside workspace.json.

Nx only supports standaloneConfig