Dockerized Node.js with Makefile for easy access

docker-compose.yml

version: '3'
services:
  web:
    image: node:8.11
    ports:
      - 8080:8080
    command: bash -c "npm install && npm run dev"
    working_dir: /src
    volumes:
      - ".:/src"
    environment:
      HOST: 0.0.0.0

Makefile

SHELL=/bin/bash
.PHONY: start dev shell build

start:
	@docker-compose ps web | grep -q "Up" || docker-compose start

dev: start
	docker-compose logs -f 

shell: start
	docker-compose exec web /bin/bash

build: start
	docker-compose exec web /bin/bash -c "npm run build"

These two files can be dropped into any Node.js application directory. Note however, that the application must have been created already otherwise npm install will fail. The Makefile provides convienient shortcuts to communicate with the dockerized npm.