June 2020

Welcome to the June 2020 newsletter about Nx, the open-source toolkit for monorepo development.

Latest Nx Release

In the latest Nx 9.3 release we made improvements to Next.js support, enabled auto-populated dependencies for publishable libraries, added React storybook code generation, and more! Read our latest blog post to find out all the details on Nx 9.3. 

Upcoming in Nx

In Nx 9.4, we are improving the babel integration by making it more transparent. We are also improving our support for plugin development by making it possible to have custom layouts for workspaces! Expect a blog post going through all of this and more when Nx 9.4 is released!

Plugin News

We recently launched our community plugins page, where we compiled together all the Nx plugins together in one place. 

• Find the official list of Nx plugins. 
• See how to create your own custom plugin.

Community Insights

• Victor Savkin shared an in-depth walkthrough video: How to Scale React Development with Monorepos and Nx.
• Victor Savkin also tweeted a video showing Why Nx Console is a must-have extension for Angular developers using VS Code! 
• InDepth.dev features this blog post on Code-sharing made easy in a full-stack app with Nx, Angular, and NestJS.
• Devin Shoemaker wrote a blog post about Building an Nx Plugin to Add Dependencies to a Project and another on Running Nx Affected Commands in GitHub Actions
• Jack Hsu (Nrwl Architect) spoke at the React Vancouver meetup about 'React at Scale with Nx.' 
• Angular Bogota hosted a Workshop: Monorepos con Nx (en español)
• NgConf teamed up with Nx to offer a recorded talk about Nx's distributed caching & the new Nx Cloud functionality. 

Nx Tips & Techniques

• Nrwl Architect Jack Hsu’s latest blog post explains how to Painlessly Build and Deploy Next.js Apps With Nx.
• Nrwl's Senior Engineer Jo Hanna Pearce wrote an easy-to-follow recipe: 15 Minute Nx on a bed of Clouds.
• Nrwl Architect Juri Strumpflohner created a video showing how to develop React libraries with StorybookJS and test them with Cypress.

Upcoming Events

• Join the next Nx Office Hours on June 8. Members from the Nx core team will answer your questions. Sign up for Nx Office Hours Emails, to get a link for each session!
• Register for Nx Cloud's walk-through & live Q&A, alongside Nrwl Architect Juri Strumpflohner and Nrwl Co-Founders and Principal Architects Jeff Cross & Victor Savkin.