Announcing our open-source project, Nx Plugins

Today, we are excited to announce an open-source project called Nx Plugins.

Introduction

Nx Plugins is a Nx mono repo which consists of plugins which support the Nx eco-system.

Our plugins so far include:

• nx-playwright: an Nx plugin to add support to an Nx monorepo for Playwright testing using a native runner.

Motivation

Our choice of framework for e2e testing is Playwright. There is already a plugin available for Playwright tests on NX but it does not support the native Playwright runner.

The native Playwright runner gives you the following advantages:

• Recommended by Playwright
• Nicer syntax and built-in assertions
• Easier to find docs on playwright.dev

Why Open Source?

Adoption for Nx as a mono repo build tool has significantly increased over time. However, there is often some extra configuration work required in order to use external libraries/tools.

While working on an internal project where we were using Playwright for end-to-end testing, some manual configuration was required to integrate native Playwright with Nx.

We came up with an internal project to create a plugin which simplifies integration of Nx with Playwright.

With a successful implementation of the nx-plugins project, we decided to open-source it to allow the community to benefit from it and contribute to it.

Licensing

Our project is published under the MIT License.

Join Us

We appreciate all input and contributions from the community.
Please share any feedback or questions via GitHub Issues.
To contribute please check our contribution guidelines.
Your support will help to shape the project to meet community needs.