Application Generator

Usage

nx g @naxodev/gonx:application my-go-app

Options

Option	Type	Default	Description
name	string	null	Name of the Go application
directory	string	*required	The directory of the new application
template	standard | cli | tui	standard	The template of application to generate
tags	string	null	Add tags to the application (used for linting)
skipFormat	boolean	false	Skip formatting files

Examples

Generate a standard application (default)

nx g @naxodev/gonx:application my-go-app

Generate a CLI application

nx g @naxodev/gonx:application my-cli-app --template=cli

Generate a TUI application

nx g @naxodev/gonx:application my-tui-app --template=tui

Generate an application in a specific directory

nx g @naxodev/gonx:application apps/my-go-app

or

nx g @naxodev/gonx:application --name=go-app --directory=apps/my-go-app

Generate an application with tags

[!NOTE] Tags will only work when the project was created with a project.json file

nx g @naxodev/gonx:application my-go-app --tags="json yaml"

Output

The generator creates different structures based on the application template:

Standard Application (default)

my-go-app/
├── main.go
├── main_test.go
└── go.mod

CLI Application (—template=cli)

my-cli-app/
├── main.go
├── main_test.go
├── go.mod
└── cmd/
    ├── root.go
    ├── version.go
    └── cmd_test.go

TUI Application (—template=tui)

my-tui-app/
├── main.go
├── main_test.go
├── go.mod
├── cmd/
   └── root.go
└── internal/
    └── models/
        ├── model.go
        ├── model_test.go
    └── styles/
        ├── styles.go

Notes

• Unlike the original nx-go, gonx does not generate a project.json file
• Uses inferred tasks, so you can immediately use nx build, nx serve, etc.
• CLI applications use Cobra for professional command-line interfaces
• TUI applications use Bubble Tea and Lipgloss for interactive terminal UIs
• For CLI and TUI apps, run nx tidy <app-name> after generation to download dependencies