Developing the front using a Docker backend

luontola · Aug 13, 2018 · c931111 · c931111
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ Start the database
 
     docker-compose up -d db
 
-Start the API backend (without an IDE)
+Start the API backend (if not using an IDE)
 
     mvn spring-boot:run
 
@@ -91,6 +91,11 @@ Start the web frontend (with live reloading)
 
 The application will run at http://localhost:8080/
 
+You may also start just the frontend or backend using Docker if you're developing only one layer of the application.  
+
+    docker-compose up -d api
+    docker-compose up -d web
+
 
 ## More Resources
 

diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ services:
       DB_USERNAME: cqrshotel
       DB_PASSWORD: cqrshotel
       DB_URL: jdbc:postgresql://db:5432/cqrshotel
+    ports:
+    - "8081:8080"
 
   db:
     image: postgres:9.6.1