Description

Nest Boilerplate

Installation

$ npm install

Running the app

# development
$ npm run dev

# build
$ npm run build

# production mode
$ npm run start:prod

Test

# unit tests
$ npm run test

# test coverage
$ npm run test:cov

CLI

There exists a CLI for the app that can be run with the cli script in the root directory of the project. Simply run ./cli --help or just without any arguments to see the available commands.

Directory structure

• logs
  • All log files for the app
• public
  • Any static files that need to be served directly (SPA files).
• seedData
  • Contains data to be used in seeding new instances of the database
• src
  • middleware
    • Any middleware to be used on routes in the app
  • scripts
    • Any scripts that are used to support the app.
  • shared
    • Any files/classes that are needed in multiple places in the app that don't fit into a particular module.
  • modules
    • Core code resides here. Each main "resource" of the application is split into a module. Each module can consist of the following:
      • Resolver: GraphQL resolver
      • Entity: Database model/GraphQL schema
      • Service: Main business logic for the resource
      • Controller: REST API endpoints if needed for resource
      • Spec: Unit testing for module
  • testing
    • Contains E2E tests, test setup/config, and text fixtures
  • main.ts
    • Main run script for application

Environment Variables

We use dotenv to handle environment variables for things like database credentials and the secret app key. A .env.example file is provided as a blueprint for values to input.

Troubleshooting

• Circular dependency (Nest can't resolve dependencies of the ...)

Circular dependencies and module dependencies in general are sometimes a struggle with Nest mainly due to a lack of debugging information that is printed out (although this has gotten better). If you are sure that a service you are trying to inject is available either via a global module or a module you've certainly imported it can be possible that there is a circular dependency that Nest isn't telling you about. Add a @inject(forwardRef(() => ServiceYouAreTryingToInject)) to the constructor parameter to the service you're trying to inject and see if that fixes the problem.