@nestjs/core

What is @nestjs/core?

The @nestjs/core package is the core foundation of the NestJS framework, a framework for building efficient, reliable and scalable server-side applications. It provides out-of-the-box application architecture which allows developers and teams to create highly testable, scalable, loosely coupled, and easily maintainable applications.

What are @nestjs/core's main functionalities?

Module System

NestJS uses a module system to organize code into separate modules. This code sample demonstrates how to define a basic module in NestJS.

import { Module } from '@nestjs/common';

@Module({
  imports: [],
  controllers: [],
  providers: [],
})
export class AppModule {}

Dependency Injection

NestJS provides a powerful dependency injection system, allowing classes to define their dependencies through the constructor. This code sample shows how to inject a service into another.

import { Injectable } from '@nestjs/common';

@Injectable()
export class MyService {
  constructor(private otherService: OtherService) {}
}

Controllers and Routing

NestJS allows for easy setup of controllers and routing. This code sample demonstrates defining a controller with a single route that returns a simple string.

import { Controller, Get } from '@nestjs/common';

@Controller('my-route')
export class MyController {
  @Get()
  getHello(): string {
    return 'Hello World!';
  }
}

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fastify

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hapi

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README

A progressive Node.js framework for building efficient and scalable web applications, heavily inspired by Angular.

Description

Nest is a framework for building efficient, scalable Node.js web applications. It uses modern JavaScript, is built with TypeScript (preserves compatibility with pure JavaScript) and combines elements of OOP (Object Oriented Programming), FP (Functional Programming), and FRP (Functional Reactive Programming).

Under the hood, Nest makes use of Express, allowing for easy use of the myriad third-party plugins which are available.

Philosophy

In recent years, thanks to Node.js, JavaScript has become the “lingua franca” of the web for both front and backend applications, giving rise to awesome projects like Angular, React and Vue which improve developer productivity and enable the construction of fast, testable, extensible frontend applications. However, on the server-side, while there are a lot of superb libraries, helpers and tools for Node, none of them effectively solve the main problem - the architecture.

Nest aims to provide an application architecture out of the box which allows for effortless creation of highly testable, scalable, loosely coupled and easily maintainable applications.

Getting started

To check out the guide, visit docs.nestjs.com. :books:

Sponsors

Nest is an MIT-licensed open source project. It can grow thanks to the sponsors and support by the amazing backers. If you'd like to join them, please read more here. Thanks! :heart_eyes:

Backers

People

• Author - Kamil Myśliwiec
• Website - https://nestjs.com

License

Nest is MIT licensed.