Remix with Nx

In this recipe, we'll show you how to create a Remix application with Nx.

Create Nx Workspace

NX   Let's create a new workspace [https://nx.dev/getting-started/intro]

✔ Which CI provider would you like to use? · skip
✔ Would you like remote caching to make your build faster? · skip

Install Nx Remix Plugin

nx add @nx/remix

Generate a Remix Application

NX  Generating @nx/remix:application

✔ What unit test runner should be used? · vitest
✔ Which E2E test runner would you like to use? · playwright

UPDATE package.json
UPDATE nx.json
CREATE apps/myapp/project.json
CREATE apps/myapp/README.md
CREATE apps/myapp/app/nx-welcome.tsx
CREATE apps/myapp/app/root.tsx
CREATE apps/myapp/app/routes/_index.tsx
CREATE apps/myapp/public/favicon.ico
CREATE apps/myapp/remix.config.js
CREATE apps/myapp/remix.env.d.ts
CREATE apps/myapp/tests/routes/_index.spec.tsx
CREATE apps/myapp/tsconfig.app.json
CREATE apps/myapp/tsconfig.json
CREATE apps/myapp/.gitignore
CREATE apps/myapp/package.json
CREATE apps/myapp/tsconfig.spec.json
CREATE apps/myapp/vitest.config.ts
CREATE apps/myapp/test-setup.ts
CREATE apps/myapp/.eslintrc.json
CREATE apps/myapp/.eslintignore
CREATE apps/myapp-e2e/project.json
CREATE apps/myapp-e2e/src/example.spec.ts
CREATE apps/myapp-e2e/playwright.config.ts
CREATE apps/myapp-e2e/tsconfig.json
CREATE apps/myapp-e2e/.eslintrc.json

Build, Serve and Test your Application

To build your application run:

> nx run myapp:build

Building Remix app in production mode...

Built in 857ms

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NX   Successfully ran target build for project myapp (3s)

To serve your application for use during development run:

> nx run myapp:dev

💿 Building...
💿 Rebuilt in 377ms
Remix App Server started at http://localhost:3000 (http://192.168.0.14:3000)

To test the application using vitest run:

> nx run myapp:test

RUN  v0.31.4 /Users/columferry/dev/nrwl/issues/remixguide/acme/apps/myapp
stderr | app/routes/index.spec.ts > test > should render
Warning: Functions are not valid as a React child. This may happen if you return a Component instead of <Component /> from render. Or maybe you meant to call this function rather than return it.
✓ app/routes/index.spec.ts  (1 test) 10ms
Test Files  1 passed (1)
     Tests  1 passed (1)
Start at  16:15:45
Duration  1.20s (transform 51ms, setup 139ms, collect 180ms, tests 10ms, environment 379ms, prepare 103ms)

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NX   Successfully ran target test for project myapp (2s)

Generating an Nx Library

When developing your application, it often makes sense to split your codebase into smaller more focused libraries.

To generate a library to use in your Remix application run:

NX  Generating @nx/remix:library

✔ What test runner should be used? · vitest
UPDATE nx.json
UPDATE package.json
CREATE babel.config.json
CREATE libs/login/project.json
CREATE libs/login/.eslintrc.json
CREATE libs/login/README.md
CREATE libs/login/src/index.ts
CREATE libs/login/tsconfig.lib.json
CREATE libs/login/tsconfig.json
CREATE libs/login/vite.config.ts
CREATE libs/login/tsconfig.spec.json
CREATE libs/login/src/lib/login.module.css
CREATE libs/login/src/lib/login.spec.tsx
CREATE libs/login/src/lib/login.tsx
UPDATE tsconfig.base.json
CREATE libs/login/src/test-setup.ts
CREATE libs/login/src/server.ts

You can then use the library by importing one of the exports into your application:

apps/myapp/app/routes/index.tsx

import { Login } from '@acme/login';

export default function Index() {
  return (
    <div>
      <Login />
    </div>
  );
}

You can also run test on your library:

nx test login

Generating a Route

To generate a route for your application:

NX  Generating @nx/remix:route

CREATE apps/myapp/app/routes/admin.tsx
CREATE apps/myapp/app/styles/admin.css

Using a loader from your Library

To use a Route Loader where the logic lives in your library, follow the steps below.

Generate a loader for your route:

NX  Generating @nx/remix:loader

UPDATE apps/myapp/app/routes/admin.tsx

Add a new file in your login lib

libs/login/src/lib/admin/admin.loader.ts

import { json, LoaderFunctionArgs } from '@remix-run/node';

export const adminLoader = async ({ request }: LoaderFunctionArgs) => {
  return json({
    message: 'Hello, world!',
  });
};

Export the function from the libs/login/src/server.ts file:

export * from './lib/admin/admin.loader';

Use the loader in your apps/myapp/app/routes/admin.tsx

Replace the default loader code:

export const loader = async ({ request }: LoaderFunctionArgs) => {
  return json({
    message: 'Hello, world!',
  });
};

with

import { adminLoader } from '@acme/login/server';

export const loader = adminLoader;

GitHub Repository with Example

You can see an example of an Nx Workspace using Remix by clicking below.

Example repository/nrwl/nx-recipes/tree/main/remix