application

Creates an Angular application.

Usage

nx generate application ...
nx g app ... # same
By default, Nx will search for application in the default collection provisioned in workspace.json.
You can specify the collection explicitly as follows:
nx g @nrwl/angular:application ...
Show what will be generated without writing to disk:
nx g application ... --dry-run

Options

backendProject

Type: string
Backend project that provides data to this application. This sets up proxy.config.json.

directory

Type: string
The directory of the new application.

e2eTestRunner

Default: cypress
Type: string
Possible values: protractor, cypress, none
Test runner to use for end to end (e2e) tests.

inlineStyle

Alias(es): s
Default: false
Type: boolean
Specifies if the style will be in the ts file.

inlineTemplate

Alias(es): t
Default: false
Type: boolean
Specifies if the template will be in the ts file.

linter

Default: eslint
Type: string
Possible values: eslint, none
The tool to use for running lint checks.

mfe

Default: false
Type: boolean
Generate a Module Federation configuration for the application

mfeType

Default: remote
Type: string
Possible values: shell, remote
Type of application to generate the Module Federation configuration for.

name

Type: string
The name of the application.

port

Type: number
The port at which the remote application should be served.

prefix

Alias(es): p
Type: string
The prefix to apply to generated selectors.

remotes

Type: array
A list of remote application names that the shell application should consume.

routing

Default: false
Type: boolean
Generate a routing module.

skipFormat

Default: false
Type: boolean
Skip formatting files.

skipPackageJson

Default: false
Type: boolean
Do not add dependencies to package.json.

skipTests

Alias(es): S
Default: false
Type: boolean
Skip creating spec files.

standaloneConfig

Default: false
Type: boolean
Split the project configuration into <projectRoot>/project.json rather than including it inside workspace.json.

strict

Default: true
Type: boolean
Create an application with stricter type checking and build optimization options.

style

Default: css
Type: string
Possible values: css, scss, less
The file extension to be used for style files.

tags

Type: string
Add tags to the application (used for linting).

unitTestRunner

Default: jest
Type: string
Possible values: karma, jest, none
Test runner to use for unit tests.

viewEncapsulation

Type: string
Possible values: Emulated, Native, None
Specifies the view encapsulation strategy.