NestJS Tips

Scenario: You want to start a single docker service, like the database, but you want to start the backend and/or frontend via npm?

Try this!

docker-compose up -d database cd backend npm start cd .. cd frontend npm start

Scenario: You want to generate new CRUD classes?

Solution: use the nest cli

nest g resource {resource_name}

Still doesn't work? Try installing nest cli:

sudo npm install -g @nestjs/cli

Scenario: You want to generate the api spec via swagger

Solution: go to localhost:3001/api-json