Typical NestJS app

1_core.sh

# Generate new service
nest new <service_name>

# All services need this
npm install \
  class-validator \
  class-transformer \
  @nestjs/typeorm \
  typeorm \
  pg \
  @nestjs/terminus \
  @nestjs/config \
  @nestjs/swagger \
  swagger-ui-express \
  dotenv
  
# Types
npm install --save-dev \
  @types/validator

2_auth.sh

# You have auth?
npm install \
  @nestjs/passport passport \ # passport-local OR passport-google-oauth20
  @nestjs/jwt \
  passport-jwt

npm install --save-dev \
  @types/passport-local \
  @types/passport-jwt

3_hashing.sh

# Hashing passwords?
npm install \
  bcrypt

npm i --save-dev \
  @types/bcrypt

4_logging.md

Install winston dependencies

npm install \
  nest-winston \
  winston

Configure logging

main.ts

import { AppModule } from './app.module';
import { WINSTON_MODULE_NEST_PROVIDER } from 'nest-winston';

const app = await NestFactory.create(AppModule);
app.useLogger(app.get(WINSTON_MODULE_NEST_PROVIDER));

app.module.ts

import { WinstonModule } from 'nest-winston';
import * as winston from 'winston';

@Module({
  imports: [
    WinstonModule.forRoot({
      transports: [
        new winston.transports.Console({
          format: winston.format.combine(
            winston.format.timestamp({ format: 'MM-DD-YYYY HH:mm:ss.SSS' }),
            winston.format.align(),
            winston.format.printf((info) => {
              const ctx = info.context ? ` ${info.context} -` : '';
              return `[${info.level.substring(0, 1).toUpperCase()}] ${
                info.timestamp
              }${ctx} ${info.message}`;
            }),
          ),
        }),
      ],
      level: 'debug',
    }),
    // other modules...
  ],
})
export class AppModule {}

Usage

@Injectable()
export class MyService {
  private readonly logger = new Logger(MyService.name);
}