library

Create a library

Usage

nx generate library ...

nx g lib ... # same

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

You can specify the collection explicitly as follows:

nx g @nrwl/workspace:library ...

Show what will be generated without writing to disk:

nx g library ... --dry-run

Examples

Generate libs/myapp/mylib:

nx g lib mylib --directory=myapp

Options

babelJest

Default: false

Type: boolean

Use babel instead ts-jest

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, tslint

The tool to use for running lint checks.

name

Type: string

Library name

pascalCaseFiles

Alias(es): P

Default: false

Type: boolean

Use pascal case file names.

skipFormat

Default: false

Type: boolean

Skip formatting files

skipTsConfig

Default: false

Type: boolean

Do not update tsconfig.json for development experience.

strict

Default: false

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