nx migrate upgrade: A Two-Phase Guide to Nx Breaking Changes
Run an nx migrate upgrade as a reviewable change: inspect migrations.json, apply in small commits, verify behavior, and handle breaking changes safely.
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Nx & Monorepos
Workspace tooling, the project graph, affected builds, caching and CI for monorepos.
Nx Continuous Tasks: Run Dev Servers and APIs Together Locally
Mark serve targets as continuous in Nx and wire them with task dependencies so nx serve web starts your API too, plus readiness, ports and e2e.
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Nx Affected Inputs for Non-JS Files: SQL, Protobuf and Config Assets
Configure Nx named inputs, implicit dependencies and workspace-root filesets so changes to SQL, protobuf, YAML and template files trigger the right tasks.
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Nx Inputs for Non-JS Files: SQL, Protos and Configs in Affected
Model SQL migrations, .proto schemas and config files with Nx namedInputs and dependency edges so affected detection and caching stop skipping changed projects.
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Nx Affected Database Migrations: Run Only Changed Schemas
Model each schema as an Nx project with a non-cached migrate target, pick safe base SHAs, and keep a full-run safety net so no environment drifts.
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Nx pnpm Workspaces: Catalogs, Hoisting and Lockfile Conflicts
How Nx and pnpm workspaces split responsibilities, and how catalogs, strict node_modules and a lockfile workflow keep a monorepo correct and fast.
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nx migrate: A Step-by-Step Strategy for Safe Nx Workspace Upgrades
Learn how nx migrate works in two phases, how to review migrations.json, and how to upgrade Nx one major version at a time with small, revertable commits.
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Nx Continuous Tasks: Run Dev Servers and Watchers With One Command
Learn to mark dev servers, watchers, and local services as Nx continuous tasks, wire them with dependsOn, and handle readiness, shutdown, and logs.
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Nx Go Monorepo: Builds, Caching and Affected Detection for Go
Set up Go services in an Nx monorepo: wrap go build and test as targets, declare precise cache inputs, map dependencies and run affected Go builds in CI.
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Nx dependsOn and targetDefaults: Configuring Task Pipelines Correctly
Learn how Nx builds task graphs, when to use build vs ^build, how to centralize pipeline rules in targetDefaults, and how to debug wrong build order.
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Nx Build Configurations for Environment Builds: A Backend Guide
Learn how Nx build configurations, project.json targets and fileReplacements work, and when backend services should use runtime config instead.
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Nx Local Plugin vs Shared Scripts: When to Promote Automation
Learn when a shared script is enough and when an nx local plugin pays off for caching, project graph awareness, generators and inferred tasks.
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