Environment

Nova automatically detects the current environment via NODE_ENV and provides helper methods through the Environment class.

Accessing the Environment

The environment is available through app.env:

main.ts TypeScript

const app = await NovaFactory.create();

console.log(app.env.name);              // 'development'
console.log(app.env.isDevelopment());   // true
console.log(app.env.isProduction());    // false
console.log(app.env.isTest());          // false

API

Property / Method	Returns	Description
`.name`	`string`	The raw value of `NODE_ENV` (defaults to `"development"`).
`.isDevelopment()`	`boolean`	Returns `true` if `NODE_ENV === "development"`.
`.isProduction()`	`boolean`	Returns `true` if `NODE_ENV === "production"`.
`.isTest()`	`boolean`	Returns `true` if `NODE_ENV === "test"`.

Common Patterns

Conditional Configuration TypeScript

const app = await NovaFactory.create({
  logger: !app.env.isTest(),
});

// Enable Swagger only in development
if (app.env.isDevelopment()) {
  await app.openAPI();
  await app.enableDocs();
}

// Stricter rate limiting in production
if (app.env.isProduction()) {
  await app.security(
    Security.rateLimit({ max: 30, timeWindow: '1 minute' })
  );
}

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