Nx Workspace Patterns
Production patterns for Nx monorepo management.
When to Use This Skill
- Setting up new Nx workspaces
- Configuring project boundaries
- Optimizing CI with affected commands
- Implementing remote caching
- Managing dependencies between projects
- Migrating to Nx
Core Concepts
1. Nx Architecture
workspace/
├── apps/ # Deployable applications
│ ├── web/
│ └── api/
├── libs/ # Shared libraries
│ ├── shared/
│ │ ├── ui/
│ │ └── utils/
│ └── feature/
│ ├── auth/
│ └── dashboard/
├── tools/ # Custom executors/generators
├── nx.json # Nx configuration
└── workspace.json # Project configuration
2. Library Types
| Type | Purpose | Example |
|---|---|---|
| feature | Smart components, business logic | feature-auth |
| ui | Presentational components | ui-buttons |
| data-access | API calls, state management | data-access-users |
| util | Pure functions, helpers | util-formatting |
| shell | App bootstrapping | shell-web |
Templates and detailed worked examples
Full template library and detailed worked examples live in references/details.md. Read that file when you need the concrete templates.
Best Practices
Do's
- Use tags consistently - Enforce with module boundaries
- Enable caching early - Significant CI savings
- Keep libs focused - Single responsibility
- Use generators - Ensure consistency
- Document boundaries - Help new developers
Don'ts
- Don't create circular deps - Graph should be acyclic
- Don't skip affected - Test only what changed
- Don't ignore boundaries - Tech debt accumulates
- Don't over-granularize - Balance lib count