Easily build NodeJS projects inside a docker container

docker node tip.txt

Here's a quick dockerfile:

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FROM debian:latest

RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y nodejs npm
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save that as Dockerfile and do: docker build -t node-builder .
 
You can use this to build npm projects. For example: 

$ git clone https://github.com/glowing-bear/glowing-bear.git
$ docker run -i -v `pwd`:/pwd -t node-builder        
# cd /pwd/glowing-bear
# npm install webpack
# npm run build

exit and copy your build products out of the directory and you are done.

The best part is that I don't even have npm installed on my host at all.
None of the viruses in npm are able to run on my host when I do things this way.

Update: In fact we do not even need to make a dockerfile! Thanks to cepheus.
docker run -v `pwd`:/pwd -it node:16-buster-slim /bin/bash

There are official Node Docker images available which may be useful as well: https://hub.docker.com/_/node/