### Challenges and solutions in building large Angular apps

In large Angular applications, developers face several significant challenges. One major issue is managing complexity. These apps have lots of components, services, and modules that all need to work together smoothly. Keeping everything organized and easy to understand can be tough, especially with a big team.

Another problem is build times. As the app grows, it can take longer and longer for changes to show up during development. This can slow down the development process and make it harder to stay productive.

Dependency management is another headache. This involves making sure all the different parts of the app work well together and play nicely with outside libraries. 

### Tool limitations

Even experienced teams can struggle with managing large Angular applications without using the right tools. Organizing numerous components, services, and modules becomes challenging without tools that aid in clarity and team collaboration. Utilizing appropriate tools is key for experienced teams to successfully navigate the complexities of large Angular projects.

### Fixing problems with NX

NX offers several benefits for managing large Angular applications. It helps reduce the time it takes to build projects and keeps code well-organized by managing dependencies and structuring code into reusable parts. This makes it easier to maintain and expand applications over time.

One of NX's strengths is its ability to speed up builds. It does this by remembering previous build results and doing multiple tasks at the same time. This saves developers time and lets them make changes quickly.

NX also comes with tools for testing and checking code quality. It works well with common testing tools and helps keep code clean and consistent. This catches mistakes early and ensures code stays high-quality.

Furthermore, NX makes it easy to work together on projects. It keeps all code and shared parts in one place, making it simpler to share code between different projects or teams. This improves teamwork, reduces problems with combining code, and makes development smoother overall.

Manage Large Angular Apps and Supercharge Development Workflows

Learn how to create and maintain Angular applications using NX. 
Designed for Angular developers, this course covers best practices, improving workflow, and migrating existing applications to NX. 
Discover how to configure tools like Cypress for end-to-end testing and Storybook for UI component development. 
By the end of this course, you will have the knowledge and experience to work comfortably with NX on a daily basis.

Next-Level Angular Apps with NX

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## Hello everyone!

Welcome to the course **Building Angular applications with NX!**

This course teaches you how to build and migrate Angular applications efficiently using NX.
Not only will we focus on the new applications,
but we will also focus on migrating existing applications to NX monorepo,
which is a common case in many companies.

Every year, front-end applications become more complex.
It's nothing surprising.
When we add new features and more code, everything becomes more challenging to handle, and the developer experience suffers.

![It's time to organize](https://d2uusema5elisf.cloudfront.net/courses/next-level-angular-apps-with-nx/module_01/lesson_01.01/public/images/00-01-03.png)

Luckily, we can use solutions like NX to manage all these problems.
So, the main reason why this course may be interesting for you is
to gain the necessary knowledge to build more complex and better-organized applications in Angular.

## What should you know before this course?

This course is mainly focused on the development of NX monorepo and Angular. To get the most out of the lessons, please ensure you have a basic knowledge of the Angular framework and completed at least a few small apps.

## Agenda

-   Module 1: Intro & Getting Started (6 lessons)

    -   Speaker introduction and course overview
    -   What is NX?,Repository vs Monorepo
    -   Angular and NX - Why?
    -   Advantages of NX
    -   Disadvantages of NX
    -   First module summary
-   Module 2: How to install NX (4 lessons)

    -   Second module introduction
    -   NX installation
    -   NX repository folder layout
    -   Second module summary
-   Module 3: The first NX Angular application (5 lessons)

    -   Third module introduction
    -   Adding the first app
    -   Adding the first library
    -   Time tracker code
    -   Third module summary
-   Module 4: More built-in NX features (6 lessons)

    -   Fourth module introduction
    -   Built-in app types in NX
    -   Built-in library types in NX
    -   Storybook
    -   End-to-end testing
    -   Fourth module summary
-   Module 5: Building a real-life application with NX (14 lessons)

Introduction to the Building Angular applications with NX