Nx Plus Vue

First class support for Vue in your Nx workspace.

Contents

• Prerequisite
• Getting Started
• Nx Dependency Graph Support
• Schematics (i.e. code generation)
• Builders (i.e. task runners)
• Modify the Webpack Configuration
• Updating Nx Plus Vue

Prerequisite

Nx Workspace

If you have not already, create an Nx workspace with the following:

npx create-nx-workspace@^15.0.0

Peer Dependencies

If you have not already, install peer dependencies with the following:

# npm
npm install @nrwl/cypress@^15.0.0 @nrwl/jest@^15.0.0 @nrwl/linter@^15.0.0 --save-dev

# yarn
yarn add @nrwl/cypress@^15.0.0 @nrwl/jest@^15.0.0 @nrwl/linter@^15.0.0 --dev

Getting Started

Install Plugin

# npm
npm install @nx-plus/vue --save-dev

# yarn
yarn add @nx-plus/vue --dev

Generate Your App

nx g @nx-plus/vue:app my-app

Serve Your App

nx serve my-app

Nx Dependency Graph Support

Nx's dep-graph does not support .vue files. To patch support for .vue files, add the following npm script to your package.json:

"postinstall": "node node_modules/@nx-plus/vue/patch-nx-dep-graph.js"

Help us! We dislike this hack just as much as you do. Please give this Nx issue a 👍 so that we can remove this hack in the future.

Schematics (i.e. code generation)

Application

nx g @nx-plus/vue:app <name> [options]

Arguments	Description
<name>	The name of your app.

Options	Default	Description
--tags	-	Tags to use for linting (comma-delimited).
--directory	apps	A directory where the project is placed.
--style	css	The file extension to be used for style files.
--unitTestRunner	jest	Test runner to use for unit tests.
--e2eTestRunner	cypress	Test runner to use for end to end (e2e) tests.
--routing	false	Generate routing configuration.
--vueVersion	2	The version of Vue.js that you want to start the project with.
--skipFormat	false	Skip formatting files.
--babel	false	Add Babel support.

Vuex

nx g @nx-plus/vue:vuex <project> [options]

Arguments	Description
<project>	The name of the project you would like to add Vuex to.

Options	Default	Description
--skipFormat	false	Skip formatting files.

Library

nx g @nx-plus/vue:lib <name> [options]

Arguments	Description
<name>	The name of your library.

Options	Default	Description
--tags	-	Tags to use for linting (comma-delimited).
--directory	libs	A directory where the project is placed.
--unitTestRunner	jest	Test runner to use for unit tests.
--skipFormat	false	Skip formatting files.
--skipTsConfig	false	Do not update tsconfig.json for development experience.
--vueVersion	2	The version of Vue.js that you want to start the project with.
--publishable	false	Create a buildable library.
--babel	false	Add Babel support.

Component

nx g @nx-plus/vue:component <name> [options]

Arguments	Description
<name>	The name of your component.

Options	Default	Description
--project	-	Tags to use for linting (comma-delimited).
--directory	-	A directory where the component is placed.
--style	css	The file extension to be used for style files.

Builders (i.e. task runners)

Dev Server

nx serve <name> [options]

Arguments	Description
<name>	The name of your app.

Options	Default	Description
--open	false	Open browser on server start.
--copy	false	Copy url to clipboard on server start.
--stdin	false	Close when stdin ends.
--mode	development	Specify env mode (default: development).
--host	0.0.0.0	Specify host (default: 0.0.0.0).
--port	8080	Specify port (default: 8080).
--https	false	Use https (default: false).
--public	-	Specify the public network URL for the HMR client.
--skipPlugins	-	Comma-separated list of plugin names to skip for this run.
--browserTarget	-	Target to serve.
--watch	true	Watch for changes.
--publicPath	/	The base URL your application bundle will be deployed at.
--transpileDependencies	[]	By default babel-loader ignores all files inside node_modules. If you want to explicitly transpile a dependency with Babel, you can list it in this option.
css.extract	false	Whether to extract CSS in your components into a standalone CSS file (instead of inlined in JavaScript and injected dynamically).
css.sourceMap	false	Whether to enable source maps for CSS. Setting this to true may affect build performance.
css.loaderOptions	{}	Pass options to CSS-related loaders.
devServer	{}	All options for webpack-dev-server are supported.

Browser

nx build <name> [options]

Arguments	Description
<name>	The name of your app.

Options	Default	Description
--mode	development	Specify env mode (default: development).
--dest	-	Specify output directory.
--clean	true	Remove the dist directory before building the project.
--report	false	Generate report.html to help analyze bundle content.
--reportJson	false	Generate report.json to help analyze bundle content.
--skipPlugins	-	Comma-separated list of plugin names to skip for this run.
--watch	false	Watch for changes.
--index	-	The path of a file to use for the application's HTML index. The filename of the specified path will be used for the generated file and will be created in the root of the application's configured output path.
--main	-	The full path for the main entry point to the app, relative to the current workspace.
--tsConfig	-	The full path for the TypeScript configuration file, relative to the current workspace.
--publicPath	/	The base URL your application bundle will be deployed at.
--filenameHashing	false	Generated static assets contain hashes in their filenames for better caching control.
--productionSourceMap	false	Setting this to false can speed up production builds if you don't need source maps for production.
--transpileDependencies	[]	By default babel-loader ignores all files inside node_modules. If you want to explicitly transpile a dependency with Babel, you can list it in this option.
css.extract	false	Whether to extract CSS in your components into a standalone CSS file (instead of inlined in JavaScript and injected dynamically).
css.sourceMap	false	Whether to enable source maps for CSS. Setting this to true may affect build performance.
css.loaderOptions	{}	Pass options to CSS-related loaders.
--stdin	false	Close when stdin ends.

Library

nx build <name> [options]

Arguments	Description
<name>	The name of your library.

Options	Default	Description
--dest	-	Specify output directory.
--clean	true	Remove the dist directory before building the project.
--report	false	Generate report.html to help analyze bundle content.
--reportJson	false	Generate report.json to help analyze bundle content.
--skipPlugins	-	Comma-separated list of plugin names to skip for this run.
--watch	false	Watch for changes.
--entry	-	The full path for the main entry point to your library, relative to the current workspace.
--tsConfig	-	The full path for the TypeScript configuration file, relative to the current workspace.
--inlineVue	false	Include the Vue module in the final bundle of library.
--formats	commonjs,umd,umd-min	List of output formats for library builds.
--name	-	Name for library.
--filename	-	File name for output.
--transpileDependencies	[]	By default babel-loader ignores all files inside node_modules. If you want to explicitly transpile a dependency with Babel, you can list it in this option.
css.extract	true	Whether to extract CSS in your components into a standalone CSS file (instead of inlined in JavaScript and injected dynamically).
css.sourceMap	false	Whether to enable source maps for CSS. Setting this to true may affect build performance.
css.loaderOptions	{}	Pass options to CSS-related loaders.

Linting

nx lint <name> [options]

We use @nrwl/linter for linting, so the options are as documented here.

Unit Testing

nx test <name> [options]

We use @nrwl/jest for unit testing, so the options are as documented here.

E2E Testing

nx e2e <name> [options]

We use @nrwl/cypress for e2e testing, so the options are as documented here.

Modify the Webpack Configuration

Modify the webpack config by exporting an Object or Function from your project's configure-webpack.js file.

If your project does not have a configure-webpack.js file, then simply add it at the root of your project.

If the value is an Object, it will be merged into the final config using webpack-merge.

If the value is a function, it will receive the resolved config as the argument. The function can either mutate the config and return nothing, OR return a cloned or merged version of the config.

For more information see the Vue CLI documentation.

Updating Nx Plus Vue

Nx Plus Vue provides migrations which help you stay up to date with the latest version of Nx Plus Vue.

Not only do we migrate the version of Nx Plus Vue, but we also update the versions of dependencies which we install such as vue and vue-router.

We recommend waiting for Nx Plus Vue to update these dependencies for you as we verify that these versions work together.

How to Migrate

Generate migrations.json

All you have to do to update Nx Plus Vue to the latest version is run the following:

nx migrate @nx-plus/vue
nx migrate @nx-plus/vue@version # you can also specify version

This will fetch the specified version of @nx-plus/vue, analyze the dependencies and fetch all the dependent packages. The process will keep going until the whole tree of dependencies is resolved. This will result in:

• package.json being updated
• migrations.json being generated

At this point, no packages have been installed, and no other files have been touched.

Now, you can inspect package.json to see if the changes make sense and install the packages by running npm install or yarn.

Run Migrations

migrations.json contains the transformations that must run to prepare the workspace to the newly installed versions of packages. To run all the migrations, invoke:

nx migrate --run-migrations=migrations.json