@nrwl/node:application

Nx Application Options Schema.

Usage

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

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

You can specify the collection explicitly as follows:

nx g @nrwl/node:application ...

Show what will be generated without writing to disk:

nx g application ... --dry-run

Options

directory

string

The directory of the new application.

framework

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

Generate the node application using a framework

name

string

The name of the application.

port

number
Default: 3000

The port which the server will be run on

babelJest

boolean
Default: false

Use babel instead of ts-jest.

bundler

string
Default: esbuild
Accepted values: esbuild, webpack

Bundler which is used to package the application

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

frontendProject

string

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

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.

pascalCaseFiles

P
boolean
Default: false

Use pascal case file names.

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.

standaloneConfig

boolean

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

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

Hidden
boolean
Default: false

Create node application at the root of the workspace

skipFormat

boolean
Default: false

Skip formatting files

skipPackageJson

boolean
Default: false

Do not add dependencies to package.json.