Nx NestJS Angular Boilerplate

A boilerplate repository for new projects based on the latest Nx, Angular, and NestJS versions.
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Table of Contents

1. About The Project
   • Features
   • Built With
2. Getting Started
   • Prerequisites
3. Roadmap
4. Contributing
5. License
6. Contact
7. Acknowledgments

About The Project

After publishing a series of blog posts on creating a full-stack project with this same stack, I decided to publish a generic boilerplate for future use. This template has saved me hours of re-implementing the same logic for authentication, user management, Swagger documentation, and more.

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Features

Name	Status	Details
REST API	Complete	Powered by NestJS
Frontend	In Progress	Angular web client
Authentication	Complete	JWT support via Passport
Authorization	Complete	Simple role-based support (admin/user)
User Registration	Complete	Local registration via email/password Social OAuth support for Google
User Management	Complete	Email verification Forget/password reset
Database Integration	Complete	TypeORM
Data Validation	Complete	Infrastructure: Shared, core libraries maintain data structures between libraries Backend: class-validator, Swagger models, database logic, and custom services
Configuration	Complete	.env file handles all base configuration Environment-based configuration can be used for builds and pipelines
CI/CD	Complete	Distributed CI runners powered by Nx Cloud handle linting, testing, and builds
Error Handling	Complete	Integration with Sentry

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Built With

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Getting Started

To create your own repository from this codebase, click the "Use this template" button in the GitHub UI.

Prerequisites

A few things are needed before working on this project:

• yarn

  > npm install yarn@latest -g
  
  # alternative installation method
  
  > brew install yarn

• nx

  > npm install nx@latest -g

Optional Integrations:

• Sentry DSN
• Google OAuth Client ID/Secret
• SMTP settings

Getting Started

See GETTING_STARTED.md for steps on configuring your workspace and customizing your application.

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Roadmap

See TODO.md for details on planned features and ideas

See the open issues for a full list of proposed features (and known issues).

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Contributing

Contributions are what make the open source community such an amazing place to learn, inspire, and create. Any contributions you make are greatly appreciated.

If you have a suggestion that would make this better, please fork the repo and create a pull request. You can also simply open an issue with the tag "enhancement". Don't forget to give the project a star! Thanks again!

1. Fork the Project
2. Create your Feature Branch (git checkout -b feature/AmazingFeature)
3. Commit your Changes (git commit -m 'Add some AmazingFeature')
4. Push to the Branch (git push origin feature/AmazingFeature)
5. Open a Pull Request

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License

Distributed under the MIT License. See LICENSE for more information.

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Contact

Wallace Daniel - The Full Stack Engineer - wallace@thefullstack.engineer

Project Link: https://github.com/wgd3/nx-nestjs-angular-boilerplate

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Acknowledgments

This repository results from my experiments with different repository structures, best practices, and framework integrations. Part of the evolution of this repository included chunks of code copied from, or inspired by, other repositories.

• nestjs-api-boilerplate-jwt
• awesome-nest-boilerplate
• nestjs-boilerplate
• nestjs-starter-rest-api
• domain-driven-hexagon
• type-safe-full-stack

This list continually evolves; more will be added as the repository evolves!

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