nx-loopback

You can create a loopback 4 application within your nx workspace. This package has been made using nx-plugin executors and generators. It's more in a beta version, but improvements are more than welcome.

✨ This workspace has been generated by Nx, a Smart, fast and extensible build system. ✨

Install the package

With Yarn:

yarn add nx-loopback

With NPM:

npm i nx-loopback --save

Generate

Create a new application

nx g nx-loopback:app

This creates the loopback application, in the apps folder.

| Argument | Type | Required | Description | | :---: | :---: | :---: | :---: | | name | string | yes | The name of the application | | applicationClassName | string | no | The application class name, being used in the controllers | | description | string | yes | The description about the application | | applicationFeatures | array of strings | no | Enable features in the applications, like docker,api,etc | | directory | string | no | A directory where the project is placed |

Execute

Serve

nx run serve <app_name>

This starts the application.

| Argument | Type | Required | Description | | :---: | :---: | :---: | :---: | | nodeEnvironment | string | no | The node environment LOCAL,STAGE,etc |

Build

nx run build <app_name>

This builds the application using lb-stc command and creates a dist folder in the app.

| Argument | Type | Required | Description | | :---: | :---: | :---: | :---: | | nodeEnvironment | string | no | The node environment LOCAL,STAGE,etc | | clean | boolean | yes | Clean the dist files, before build |

Watch

nx run watch <app_name>

This starts the application, with watching file changes and reload. We use tsc-watch under the hood for this.

| Argument | Type | Required | Description | | :---: | :---: | :---: | :---: | | nodeEnvironment | string | no | The node environment LOCAL,STAGE,etc |

Clean

nx run clean <app_name>

This cleans the build files

Features yet to be added

• Genreate controllers, repositories, models and datasources.
• Migrate commands.
• Docker deploy

Remote caching

Run npx nx connect-to-nx-cloud to enable remote caching and make CI faster.

Thanks to the NX folks, you can visit their docs

Visit the Nx Documentation to learn more.