vivekcsein/create-nest-server

A starter template for starting nestjs backend server for minimum server configurations

NestJS Basic Starter

Basic Information of NESTJS MVC code Structure

controllers are basically handles all the incoming routes

services/providers will handle logic behind routes

# Installation

install cli globly

npm i -g @nestjs/cli

create new project in nestjs

nest new .

choose whatever npm,yarn or pnpm (i choose pnpm)

pnpm i

Running the app in

development mode

pnpm run start

watch mode

pnpm run start:dev

production mode

pnpm run start:prod

Test

unit tests

pnpm run test

e2e tests

pnpm run test:e2e

test coverage

pnpm run test:cov

create modules file

add module with name users or any other module

nest g module users

add controllers for users or any other controllers

nest g controller users

add services for users or any other services

nest g service users

dot env configuration

add .env.development or .env.test.local for development and production respectively

    PORT = 7164

add config module in app.module.ts typescript will automatically look up the environment variables from .env file

    pnpm add -D @nestjs/config

Creating nest resouces

nest g resource auth --no-spec