component

Create a component

Usage

nx generate component ...

By default, Nx will search for component in the default collection provisioned in angular.json.

You can specify the collection explicitly as follows:

nx g @nrwl/gatsby:component ...

Show what will be generated without writing to disk:

nx g component ... --dry-run

Examples

Generate a component in the mylib library:

nx g component my-component --project=mylib

Generate a class component in the mylib library:

nx g component my-component --project=mylib --classComponent

Options

directory

Alias(es): d

Type: string

Create the component under this directory (can be nested).

export

Alias(es): e

Default: false

Type: boolean

When true, the component is exported from the project index.ts (if it exists).

flat

Default: false

Type: boolean

Create component at the source root rather than its own directory.

js

Default: false

Type: boolean

Generate JavaScript files rather than TypeScript files.

name

Type: string

The name of the component.

project

Alias(es): p

Type: string

The name of the project.

skipTests

Default: false

Type: boolean

When true, does not create "spec.ts" test files for the new component.

style

Alias(es): s

Default: css

Type: string

Possible values: css, scss, styl, less, styled-components, @emotion/styled, none

The file extension to be used for style files.