NestJS · Middle · Question 56 of 75

What is a standalone Nest application?

1An app without modules
2An app that runs without Node.js
✓Correct answer: An app context without an HTTP server, created with NestFactory.createApplicationContext(), e.g. for CLI scripts or workers

Explanation

You still get DI and providers, so scripts can reuse services, for example to run a data migration.

Further reading

NestJS: Standalone applications ↗

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