NestJS · Senior · Question 14 of 75

Why is SWC often used in Nest development?

✓Correct answer: It compiles TypeScript much faster than tsc, with decorator metadata support; type checking can run separately
2It's required for production
3It replaces Node.js

Explanation

Use nest start -b swc --type-check to keep type errors visible while getting fast rebuilds.

Further reading

NestJS: SWC ↗

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