Setup a monorepo with PNPM workspaces and add Nx for speed

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Juri Strumpflohner
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Deep dive session where @juristr walks you through setting up a new monorepo with PNPM workspaces, adds a Remix app and a shared React library to it, and then adds Nx on top for improved task execution speed, caching, and more.

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  • 0:00 Intros
  • 0:46 Creating the monorepo folder structure
  • 3:10 Setup a PNPM workspace
  • 4:16 Add a Remix app
  • 6:14 Run commands from the monorepo root
  • 7:00 Create a shared React library
  • 11:40 Consume the shared lib from the Remix app
  • 14:08 Running commands with PNPM
  • 14:42 Recap 1st part
  • 16:01 Installing Nx
  • 16:46 Using Nx to run commands
  • 17:37 Caching operations
  • 19:35 Fine-tuning cache inputs
  • 22:48 Defining namedInputs
  • 24:43 Defining task dependencies aka build pipelines
  • 27:14 Only run commands for packages that changed
  • 31:10 Terminal output improvements when using Nx
  • 32:16 Wrapping up

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