NestJS Custom App Schematics

Installation

npm install -g nestjs-app-schematics

Or, install from git:

git clone https://github.com/jamesblackjr/nestjs-app-schematics.git
cd nestjs-app-schematics
npm install && npm link

Usage

Run the Nest CLI generate command with the -c flag to import the nestjs-app-schematics collections from your project directory.

Generate a new NestJS application:

npm i -g @nestjs/cli
nest new <project-name>
cd <project-name>

TODO: Generate config folder contents and TypeORM config file. Coming soon.

Generate the Authentication module (TODO: Fix pluralization of module import.):

nest generate -c nestjs-app-schematics auth-module [path]

Install Dependencies with NPM:

npm install --save @nestjs/typeorm @nestjs/passport @nestjs/jwt typeorm pg bcryptjs config passport passport-jwt class-validator class-transformer

Install Dependencies with Yarn:

yarn add @nestjs/typeorm @nestjs/passport @nestjs/jwt typeorm pg bcryptjs config passport passport-jwt class-validator class-transformer

Generate a TypeORM module:

nest generate -c nestjs-app-schematics typeorm-module <model-name> [path]

TODO: Wire up relationships between entities. (i.e. Model to User)

Start your application in DEVELOPMENT mode:

npm run start:dev
yarn start:dev

Other Generators (NOT Compatibile with Auth Module Out-of-the-Box):

nest generate -c nestjs-app-schematics graphql-module <model-name> [path]
nest generate -c nestjs-app-schematics mongoose-module <model-name> [path]
nest generate -c nestjs-app-schematics prisma-module <model-name> [path]
nest generate -c nestjs-app-schematics sequelize-module <model-name> [path]

Note: Replace <model-name> with the singular form of your entity/data model name.

Credits:

• Some schematics were ported from https://github.com/ashinzekene/generator-nestjs-app.
• Also, the utils folder was cloned from https://github.com/nestjs/schematics.