nx/docs/shared/recipes/plugins/create-preset.md
Jack Hsu 8fa7065cf1
docs(misc): update generator examples to use new directory/path positional args (#28144)
This PR updates examples in `.md` files (both docs and blog posts) to
use positional args. Nx 20 changes the position arg to be either
`directory` for apps/libs or `path` for artifacts (e.g. components).

So before you'd do this:

```
nx g app myapp --directory=apps/myapp
nx g lib mylib --directory=libs/mylib
nx g lib mylib --directory=libs/nested/mylib
nx g lib @acme/foo --directory=libs/@acme/foo --importPath=@acme/foo
nx g component foo --directory=libs/ui/src/foo --pascalCaseFiles
```

Will now be simplified to

```
nx g app apps/myapp
nx g lib libs/mylib
nx g lib libs/nested/mylib
nx g lib libs/@acme/foo # name and import path are both "@acme/foo"
nx g component libs/ui/src/foo/Foo
```

For cases where `name` and `importPath` need to be changed, you can
always manually specify them.

```
nx g lib libs/nested/foo # name is foo
nx g lib libs/nested/foo --name=nested-foo # specify name with prefix
nx g lib libs/@acme/foo --name # use "foo" as name and don't match importPath
nx g lib libs/@internal/foo --importPath=@acme/foo # different importPath from name

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# Create a Custom Plugin Preset
When you create a new nx workspace, you run the command: [`npx create-nx-workspace`](/nx-api/nx/documents/create-nx-workspace).
This command accepts a `--preset` option, for example: `npx create-nx-workspace --preset=react-standalone`.
This preset option is pointing to a special generator function (remember, a generator is a function that simplifies an entire code generation script into a single function) that Nx will call when this `npx create-nx-workspace` command is run, that will generate your initial workspace.
{% youtube
src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/yGUrF0-uqaU"
title="Develop a Nx Preset for your Nx Plugin"
/%}
## What is a preset?
At its core, a preset is a special [generator](/features/generate-code) that is shipped as part of an Nx Plugin package.
All first-party Nx presets are built into Nx itself, but you can [create your own plugin](/extending-nx/intro/getting-started) and create a generator with the magic name: `preset`. Once you've [published your plugin](/extending-nx/tutorials/tooling-plugin) on npm, you can now run the `create-nx-workspace` command with the preset option set to the name of your published package.
To use a concrete example, let's look at the [`qwik-nx`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/qwik-nx) Nx community plugin. They include a [preset generator](https://github.com/qwikifiers/qwik-nx/tree/main/packages/qwik-nx/src/generators/preset) that you can use to create a new Nx workspace with Qwik support.
```shell
npx create-nx-workspace --preset=qwik-nx
```
## Create a new Nx plugin
If you **don't** have an existing plugin you can create one by running
```shell
npx create-nx-plugin my-org --pluginName my-plugin
```
## Creating a "Preset" generator
To create our preset inside of our plugin we can run
```shell
nx generate @nx/plugin:generator packages/happynrwl/src/generators/preset
```
{% callout type="warning" title="Double check" %}
The word `preset` is required for the name of this generator
{% /callout %}
You should have a similar structure to this:
```text
happynrwl/
├── e2e
├── jest.config.js
├── jest.preset.js
├── nx.json
├── package-lock.json
├── package.json
├── packages
│ └── happynrwl
│ ├── src
│ │ ├── executors
│ │ ├── generators
│ │ │ ├── happynrwl
│ │ │ └── preset // <------------- Here
│ │ └── index.ts
├── tools
└── tsconfig.base.json
```
After the command is finished, the preset generator is created under the folder named **preset**.
The **generator.ts** provides an entry point to the generator. This file contains a function that is called to perform manipulations on a tree that represents the file system. The **schema.json** provides a description of the generator, available options, validation information, and default values.
Here is the sample generator function which you can customize to meet your needs.
```typescript
export default async function (tree: Tree, options: PresetGeneratorSchema) {
const normalizedOptions = normalizeOptions(tree, options);
addProjectConfiguration(tree, normalizedOptions.projectName, {
root: normalizedOptions.projectRoot,
projectType: 'application',
sourceRoot: `${normalizedOptions.projectRoot}/src`,
targets: {
exec: {
executor: 'nx:run-commands',
options: {
command: `node ${projectRoot}/src/index.js`,
},
},
},
tags: normalizedOptions.parsedTags,
});
addFiles(tree, normalizedOptions);
await formatFiles(tree);
}
```
To get an in-depth guide on customizing/running or debugging your generator see [local generators](/extending-nx/recipes/local-generators).
## Usage
Before you are able to use your newly created preset you must package and publish it to a registry.
After you have published your plugin to a registry you can now use your preset when creating a new workspace
```shell
npx create-nx-workspace my-workspace --preset=my-plugin-name
```