feat: add typegoose recipe #2572
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| To begin, you'll need to install the following dependencies into your [already created NestJS app](/first-steps): | ||
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| $ npm install --save mongoose @typegoose/typegoose @m8a/nestjs-typegoose |
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Are we sure we want to link a library that has ~500 weekly downloads in the docs 🤔 ?
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@kamilmysliwiec - It's a chicken and egg dilemma. 😁
The @typegoose/typegoose package has 79k downloads a week. That's the popularity we'd want to possibly hook into. And vice-versa of course.
Typegoose is a very good alternative for using Mongoose. The Typegoose package is very well maintained and documented and I take care of the nestjs-typegoose module updates now too.
If more people see the recipe, the more the module will be downloaded. 😉
We've also been promoting Typegoose (mostly me) in the Discord server and the database forum on Discord has had the tag "mongoose/ typegoose" for several months now.
And, if I may be so bold, the Nest team could theoretically take over the nestjs-typegoose module and drop the Mongoose module altogether (sunset it). It would be somewhat less effort from a support standpoint (although I'd still do the support in Discord) because Typegoose's maintainer has his own Discord server. The Typegoose docs are more detailed too. 😀 Just an idea.....
Scott
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Theoretically this recipe could replace the Mongoose recipe too. It's outdated.
https://docs.nestjs.com/recipes/mongodb
Scott
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Trying to reinvigorate the decision to get this merged, the actual popularity we'd want to be jumping on is the 2 million downloads a week for Mongoose. Typegoose is a better (I'd say the best) TypeScript wrapper for Mongoose. The developer of Typegoose is really sharp and he even helps fix Mongoose TypeScript issues, when they pop up. The package can help promote Mongoose usage with Nest for sure! 😀
Scott
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I'd also like to put in that I've been helping in the forum (Discord) a lot and I'm also willing to help continue to support this package, if it became THE official suggested module for using Mongoose with Nest. That means, I'd suggest even taking down the Nest mongoose module. That would save you all time and effort, by putting the support on the community and get Nest users something they can be very successful with using Mongoose with Nest!
Scott
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Scott