application.md

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@nrwl/js:application generator	Create a application

@nrwl/js:application

Create a application

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/js:application ...

Show what will be generated without writing to disk:

nx g application ... --dry-run

Examples

Generate libs/myapp/mylib:

nx g lib mylib --directory=myapp

Options

name (required)

Type: string

Library name

compiler

Default: tsc

Type: string

Possible values: tsc, swc

The compiler used by the build and test targets

config

Default: project

Type: string

Possible values: workspace, project, npm-scripts

Determines whether the project's executors should be configured in workspace.json, project.json or as npm scripts

directory

Type: string

A directory where the lib is placed

importPath

Type: string

The library name used to import it, like @myorg/my-awesome-lib

js

Default: false

Type: boolean

Generate JavaScript files rather than TypeScript files

linter

Default: eslint

Type: string

Possible values: eslint, none

The tool to use for running lint checks.

pascalCaseFiles

Alias(es): P

Default: false

Type: boolean

Use pascal case file names.

setParserOptionsProject

Default: false

Type: boolean

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

skipFormat

Default: false

Type: boolean

Skip formatting files

skipTsConfig

Default: false

Type: boolean

Do not update tsconfig.json for development experience.

strict

Default: true

Type: boolean

Whether to enable tsconfig strict mode or not.

tags

Type: string

Add tags to the library (used for linting)

testEnvironment

Default: jsdom

Type: string

Possible values: jsdom, node

The test environment to use if unitTestRunner is set to jest

unitTestRunner

Default: jest

Type: string

Possible values: jest, none

Test runner to use for unit tests