Adding NX to existing NestJS project guide

[ChristianBell1995]

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Adding nx to an existing NestJS project

I have an existing NestJS project with ~5 applications and ~30-40 libs which are used across these applications. I was wondering if anyone has any experience adding nx to an existing project?

I followed the guide here:

• https://nx.dev/recipes/adopting-nx/adding-to-existing-project Which worked in as far as it cached the yarn commands when prefaced with nx however during the migration nx only identified one node in the dependency graph (the project as a whole) so any change to a file anywhere in the project will invalidate the cache.

Using this library https://nx.dev/nx-api/nest I can create nest libs or applications which will show up in the dependency graph but can't see anywhere in the docs where you can run commands to add existing modules to the nx project.

Would be great if anyone has experience doing this so I know if it would be possible + how much time it would take! Thanks

[jasonbdt]

To generate NestJS Modules, Services etc. you have to use Generators that are provided by the @nx/nest Plugin.

Modules nx g @nx/nest:module apps/your-app/src/app/your-module

Services nx g @nx/nest:service apps/your-app/src/app/your-service

Did you mean this or do you need help migrating your existing Nest Project into nx workspace?