build

Build a application
Options 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.

Options

index (required)

Type: string
HTML File which will be contain the application

main (required)

Type: string
The name of the main entry-point file.

tsConfig (required)

Type: string
The name of the Typescript configuration file.

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

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.

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