Docker container only for development (node.js)

..nodejs-development-container.md

When running develop.sh it will build a node development container in interactive mode (bash) your code folder is shared as a volume into the container workdir meaning you can edit the files in your favorite IDE/Code editor without the need to restart it.

.dockerignore

#dont copy my computer node_modules into the container
node_modules

develop.sh

docker-compose run web bash

docker-compose.yml

version: '3'
services:
  web:
    build: .
    ports:
    - "8080:8080"
    volumes:
    - .:/usr/src/app
    - node_modules:/usr/src/app/node_modules
volumes:
  node_modules: {}

Dockerfile

FROM node:boron

# Create app directory
RUN mkdir -p /usr/src/app
WORKDIR /usr/src/app

# Install app dependencies
COPY package.json /usr/src/app/
RUN npm install

EXPOSE 8080