nx/docs/web/tutorial/01-create-application.md

Step 1: Create Application

In this tutorial you will use Nx to build a full-stack application out of common libraries using modern technologies.

Create a New Workspace

Start by creating a new workspace.

npx create-nx-workspace@latest myorg

When asked about 'preset', select empty, and Nx for the CLI.

myorg/
├── apps/
├── libs/
├── tools/
├── nx.json
├── workspace.json
├── package.json
├── tsconfig.json
└── README.md

This is an empty Nx workspace without any applications or libraries: nothing to run and nothing to test.

Create a Web Application

First, we must add the capability to create web applications via:

npm install --save-dev @nrwl/web

or

yarn add --dev @nrwl/web

Now, create your first web application.

nx g @nrwl/web:application todos

Nx will ask you a few questions about the application you are trying to create: the directory it will be placed it, the tags used for linting, etc.. As your workspace grows, those things become really important. For now the default answers are good enough.

After this is done, you should see something like this:

myorg/
├── apps/
│   ├── todos/
│   │   ├── src/
│   │   │   ├── app/
│   │   │   ├── assets/
│   │   │   ├── environments/
│   │   │   ├── favicon.ico
│   │   │   ├── index.html
│   │   │   ├── main.ts
│   │   │   ├── polyfills.ts
│   │   │   └── styles.css
│   │   ├── browserslist
│   │   ├── jest.config.js
│   │   ├── tsconfig.app.json
│   │   ├── tsconfig.json
│   │   └── tsconfig.spec.json
│   └── todos-e2e/
│       ├── src/
│       │   ├── fixtures/
│       │   │   └── example.json
│       │   ├── integration/
│       │   │   └── app.spec.ts
│       │   ├── plugins/
│       │   │   └── index.ts
│       │   └── support/
│       │       ├── app.po.ts
│       │       ├── commands.ts
│       │       └── index.ts
│       ├── cypress.json
│       ├── tsconfig.e2e.json
│       └── tsconfig.json
├── libs/
├── tools/
├── README.md
├── workspace.json
├── nx.json
├── package.json
└── tsconfig.json

The generate command added two projects to our workspace:

• A Web application
• E2E tests for the Web application

Serve the newly created application

Now that the application is setup, run it locally via:

nx serve todos

!!!!! Open http://localhost:4200 in the browser. What do you see? !!!!! Page saying "Welcome to Todos!" Page saying "This is a Web Components app built with Polymer." 404