Jack Hsu 8fa7065cf1
docs(misc): update generator examples to use new directory/path positional args (#28144)
This PR updates examples in `.md` files (both docs and blog posts) to
use positional args. Nx 20 changes the position arg to be either
`directory` for apps/libs or `path` for artifacts (e.g. components).

So before you'd do this:

```
nx g app myapp --directory=apps/myapp
nx g lib mylib --directory=libs/mylib
nx g lib mylib --directory=libs/nested/mylib
nx g lib @acme/foo --directory=libs/@acme/foo --importPath=@acme/foo
nx g component foo --directory=libs/ui/src/foo --pascalCaseFiles
```

Will now be simplified to

```
nx g app apps/myapp
nx g lib libs/mylib
nx g lib libs/nested/mylib
nx g lib libs/@acme/foo # name and import path are both "@acme/foo"
nx g component libs/ui/src/foo/Foo
```

For cases where `name` and `importPath` need to be changed, you can
always manually specify them.

```
nx g lib libs/nested/foo # name is foo
nx g lib libs/nested/foo --name=nested-foo # specify name with prefix
nx g lib libs/@acme/foo --name # use "foo" as name and don't match importPath
nx g lib libs/@internal/foo --importPath=@acme/foo # different importPath from name

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Overview of the Nx JS Plugin The Nx JS plugin contains executors and generators that are useful for JavaScript/TypeScript projects in an Nx workspace.

The JS plugin contains executors and generators that are useful for JavaScript/TypeScript projects in an Nx workspace.

Setting Up @nx/js

Installation

{% callout type="note" title="Keep Nx Package Versions In Sync" %} Make sure to install the @nx/js version that matches the version of nx in your repository. If the version numbers get out of sync, you can encounter some difficult to debug errors. You can fix Nx version mismatches with this recipe. {% /callout %}

In any Nx workspace, you can install @nx/js by running the following command:

{% tabs %} {% tab label="Nx 18+" %}

nx add @nx/js

This will install the correct version of @nx/js.

{% /tab %} {% tab label="Nx < 18" %}

Install the @nx/js package with your package manager.

npm add -D @nx/js

{% /tab %} {% /tabs %}

ts Preset

When initializing a new Nx workspace, specifying --preset=ts will generate a workspace with @nx/js pre-installed.

{% tabs %} {%tab label="npm"%}

npx create-nx-workspace my-org --preset=ts

{% /tab %} {%tab label="yarn"%}

yarn create nx-workspace my-org --preset=ts

{% /tab %} {% /tabs %}

Create Libraries

You can add a new JS/TS library with the following command:

nx g @nx/js:lib libs/my-lib

Build

You can build libraries that are generated with a bundler specified.

nx g @nx/js:lib libs/my-buildable-lib --bundler=rollup

Generating a library with --bundler specified will add a build target to the library's project.json file allows the library to be built.

nx build my-buildable-lib

Test

You can test a library with the following command:

nx test my-lib

Lint

You can lint a library with the following command:

nx lint my-lib

Compiler

By default, @nx/js uses TypeScript Compiler (TSC), via @nx/js:tsc executor, to compile your libraries. Optionally, you can switch tsc out for a different compiler with --compiler flag when executing the generators.

Currently, @nx/js supports the following compilers:

SWC

  • Create a buildable library with swc
nx g @nx/js:lib libs/my-swc-lib --bundler=swc
  • Convert a tsc library to use swc
nx g @nx/js:convert-to-swc my-buildable-lib

Now the build command will use @nx/js:swc executor to compile your libraries.

The first time you generate a swc library or convert a tsc library over to swc, @nx/js will install the necessary dependencies to use swc.