SyntaxError Unexpected token when creating Nestjs backend for my angular frontend

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I'm trying to make a backend project for my angular frontend in my monorepo, but I get an error when using the "nest new backendproject --strict" command:

SyntaxError: Unexpected token '('
    at wrapSafe (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1116:16)
    at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1164:27)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1220:10)
    at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1049:32)
    at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:937:14)
    at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1089:19)
    at require (internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js:73:18)
    at Object.<anonymous> (C:\Users\ycrbo\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\@nestjs\cli\node_modules\glob\node_modules\minimatch\dist\cjs\index.js:9:18)
    at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1200:30)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1220:10)

I tried uninstalling and installing nestjs and node, as that was what's given as a solution, but that didn't work. I also have the latest versions. I also tried another solution on stackoverflow, where the babel config was edited, but that didn't work either.

@AndrewAllen @nx/nest package wasn't installed correctly, so I installed it and this fixed it. Thank you! — Youritj
– Youritj, Commented May 18, 2023 at 13:54

Ahmad Alfy · Accepted Answer · 2023-05-19 17:12:20Z

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Since you are mentioning that you already have a monorepo and your question is tagged with nrwl-nx then you shouldn't create a nest application using the nest cli. This is now the functionality of Nx.

First of all you need to add nx/nest package

npm install -D @nx/nest

Then generate the application using the nx cli

nx g @nx/nest:app backend-project

You can find more information about it here

answered May 19, 2023 at 17:12

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