Generated nestjs app is served with node-env=production, no debugging and no sourcemaps

[johnwest80]

Current Behavior

I created a brand new nx workspace with nestjs preset. When running npx nx serve nestjsapp, webpack builds it in production mode.

Expected Behavior

It should be served with sourcemaps and debugging enabled.

GitHub Repo

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Steps to Reproduce

Easy... just create a new workspace with the nest preset and serve it. you'll see that webpack is incorrectly serving in production mode.

1. npx create-nx-workspace@latest nx-test-3 --preset=nest
2. Used app name of nx-test-3, no dockerfile, no nx cloud
3. npx nx serve nx-test-3

when you serve it, this is what you see... note that webpack-clik shows node-env=production, i think it should be using tsc instead of webpack, but if it is supposed to be using webpack, it shouldn't be using production mode.

> nx run nx-test-3:serve:development


> nx run nx-test-3:build

> webpack-cli build --node-env=production

chunk (runtime: main) main.js (main) 2.71 KiB [entry] [rendered]
webpack compiled successfully (f60f6de829567d37)

———————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————

 NX   Successfully ran target build for project nx-test-3 (7s)

Debugger listening on ws://localhost:9229/b0251ed6-b476-48ed-a033-7eed915c436e
Debugger listening on ws://localhost:9229/b0251ed6-b476-48ed-a033-7eed915c436e
For help, see: https://nodejs.org/en/docs/inspector

[Nest] 86378  - 04/18/2024, 8:13:52 AM     LOG [NestFactory] Starting Nest application...
[Nest] 86378  - 04/18/2024, 8:13:52 AM     LOG [InstanceLoader] AppModule dependencies initialized +32ms
[Nest] 86378  - 04/18/2024, 8:13:52 AM     LOG [RoutesResolver] AppController {/api}: +5ms
[Nest] 86378  - 04/18/2024, 8:13:52 AM     LOG [RouterExplorer] Mapped {/api, GET} route +3ms
[Nest] 86378  - 04/18/2024, 8:13:52 AM     LOG [NestApplication] Nest application successfully started +6ms
[Nest] 86378  - 04/18/2024, 8:13:52 AM     LOG 🚀 Application is running on: http://localhost:3000/api



### Nx Report

```shell
>  NX   Its time to update Nx 🎉

   Your repository uses a higher version of Nx (18.3.1) than your global CLI version (17.1.2)
   For more information, see https://nx.dev/more-concepts/global-nx


 NX   Report complete - copy this into the issue template

Node   : 18.17.1
OS     : darwin-x64
npm    : 9.6.7

nx (global)        : 17.1.2
nx                 : 18.3.1
@nx/js             : 18.3.1
@nx/jest           : 18.3.1
@nx/linter         : 18.3.1
@nx/eslint         : 18.3.1
@nx/workspace      : 18.3.1
@nx/devkit         : 18.3.1
@nx/eslint-plugin  : 18.3.1
@nx/nest           : 18.3.1
@nx/node           : 18.3.1
@nrwl/tao          : 18.3.1
@nx/web            : 18.3.1
@nx/webpack        : 18.3.1
typescript         : 5.4.5
---------------------------------------
Registered Plugins:
@nx/webpack/plugin
@nx/eslint/plugin
@nx/jest/plugin

Failure Logs

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Package Manager Version

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Additional Information

[AgentEnder]

You should be able to specify --configuration development or set a defaultConfiguration in the project.json if you'd like that to be the default.

[stijnstroeve]

That does not seem to be it @AgentEnder, even with the configuration set to development the node-env=production seems to be set.

[abdelrahman-essawy]

I can confirm I'm facing the same problem.

 NX   Report complete - copy this into the issue template

Node   : 20.10.0
OS     : win32-x64
pnpm   : 9.0.6

nx (global)        : 18.0.4
nx                 : 18.3.4
@nx/js             : 18.3.4
@nx/jest           : 18.3.4
@nx/eslint         : 18.3.4
@nx/workspace      : 18.3.4
@nx/cypress        : 18.3.4
@nx/eslint-plugin  : 18.3.4
@nx/nest           : 18.3.4
@nx/node           : 18.3.4
@nrwl/tao          : 18.0.4
@nx/vite           : 18.3.4
@nx/vue            : 18.3.4
@nx/web            : 18.3.4
@nx/webpack        : 18.3.4
typescript         : 5.4.5
---------------------------------------
Registered Plugins:
@nx/eslint/plugin
@nx/vite/plugin
@nx/cypress/plugin
@nx/webpack/plugin
@nx/jest/plugin
---------------------------------------
The following packages should match the installed version of nx
  - @nrwl/[email protected]

To fix this, run `nx migrate [email protected]`

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