build

Build a application

Properties can be configured in workspace.json when defining the executor, or when invoking it. Read more about how to use executors and the CLI here: https://nx.dev/react/getting-started/nx-cli#running-tasks.

Properties

assets

Type: array

List of static application assets.

baseHref

Default: /

Type: string

Base url for the application being built.

budgets

Type: array

Budget thresholds to ensure parts of your application stay within boundaries which you set.

buildLibsFromSource

Default: true

Type: boolean

Read buildable libraries from source instead of building them separately.

commonChunk

Default: true

Type: boolean

Use a separate bundle containing code used across multiple bundles.

crossOrigin

Type: string

The crossorigin attribute to use for generated javascript script tags. One of 'none' | 'anonymous' | 'use-credentials'

deleteOutputPath

Default: true

Type: boolean

Delete the output path before building.

deployUrl

Type: string

URL where the application will be deployed.

es2015Polyfills

Type: string

Conditional polyfills loaded in browsers which do not support ES2015.

extractCss

Default: false

Type: boolean

Extract css into a .css file

extractLicenses

Default: false

Type: boolean

Extract all licenses in a separate file, in the case of production builds only.

fileReplacements

Type: object[]

Replace files with other files in the build.

replace

Type: string

The file to be replaced.

with

Type: string

The file to replace with.

generateIndexHtml

Default: true

Type: boolean

Generates index.html file to the output path. This can be turned off if using a webpack plugin to generate HTML such as html-webpack-plugin

index

Type: string

HTML File which will be contain the application

main

Type: string

The name of the main entry-point file.

maxWorkers

Type: number

Number of workers to use for type checking. (defaults to # of CPUS - 2)

memoryLimit

Type: number

Memory limit for type checking service process in MB. (defaults to 2048)

namedChunks

Default: true

Type: boolean

Names the produced bundles according to their entry file

optimization

Type: boolean

Enables optimization of the build output.

outputHashing

Default: none

Type: string

Possible values: none, all, media, bundles

Define the output filename cache-busting hashing mode.

outputPath

Type: string

The output path of the generated files.

polyfills

Type: string

Polyfills to load before application

progress

Default: false

Type: boolean

Log progress to the console while building.

runtimeChunk

Default: true

Type: boolean

Use a separate bundle containing the runtime.

scripts

Type: array

External Scripts which will be included before the main application entry

showCircularDependencies

Default: false

Type: boolean

Deprecated: The recommended method to detect circular dependencies in project code is to use a either a lint rule or other external tooling.

Show circular dependency warnings on builds.

sourceMap

Default: true

Type: boolean

Output sourcemaps.

statsJson

Default: false

Type: boolean

Generates a 'stats.json' file which can be analyzed using tools such as: 'webpack-bundle-analyzer' or https://webpack.github.io/analyse.

styles

Type: array

External Styles which will be included with the application

subresourceIntegrity

Default: false

Type: boolean

Enables the use of subresource integrity validation.

tsConfig

Type: string

The name of the Typescript configuration file.

vendorChunk

Default: true

Type: boolean

Use a separate bundle containing only vendor libraries.

verbose

Default: false

Type: boolean

Emits verbose output

watch

Default: false

Type: boolean

Enable re-building when files change.

webpackConfig

Type: string

Path to a function which takes a webpack config, some context and returns the resulting webpack config