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Introduction

Nest (NestJS) is a framework for building efficient, scalable Node.js server-side applications. It uses progressive
JavaScript, is built with and fully supports TypeScript (yet still enables developers to code in 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 robust HTTP Server frameworks like Express (the default) and optionally
can be configured to use Fastify as well!

Nest provides a level of abstraction above these common Node.js frameworks (Express/Fastify), but also
exposes their APIs directly to the developer. This gives developers the freedom to use the myriad of third-party
modules which are available for the underlying platform.

Philosophy
In recent years, thanks to Node.js, JavaScript has become the “lingua franca” of the web for both front and
backend applications. This has given rise to awesome projects like Angular, React and Vue, which improve
developer productivity and enable the creation of fast, testable, and extensible frontend applications. However,
while plenty of superb libraries, helpers, and tools exist for Node (and server-side JavaScript), none of them
effectively solve the main problem of - Architecture.

Nest provides an out-of-the-box application architecture which allows developers and teams to create highly
testable, scalable, loosely coupled, and easily maintainable applications. The architecture is heavily inspired by
Angular.

Installation
To get started, you can either scaffold the project with the Nest CLI, or clone a starter project (both will produce
the same outcome).

To scaffold the project with the Nest CLI, run the following commands. This will create a new project directory,
and populate the directory with the initial core Nest files and supporting modules, creating a conventional base
structure for your project. Creating a new project with the Nest CLI is recommended for first-time users. We'll
continue with this approach in First Steps.

$ npm i -g @nestjs/cli
$ nest new project-name

Alternatives
Alternatives
Alternatively, to install the TypeScript starter project with Git:

$ git clone https://github.com/nestjs/typescript-starter.git project


$ cd project
$ npm install
$ npm run start

Open your browser and navigate to http://localhost:3000/ .

To install the JavaScript flavor of the starter project, use javascript-starter.git in the command sequence
above.

You can also manually create a new project from scratch by installing the core and supporting files with npm (or
yarn). In this case, of course, you'll be responsible for creating the project boilerplate files yourself.

$ npm i --save @nestjs/core @nestjs/common rxjs reflect-metadata

Support us

Nest is an MIT-licensed open source project. It can grow thanks to the support by these awesome people. If
you'd like to join them, please read more here.

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