this was an attempt to utilize docker compose profiles for f.e. dev/prod setup but it didn't prove as usefull as simply using overrides or separate dev/prod file

nodejs-with-docker-dev

NodeJS LTS with Docker for Development Template comes with

• a docker-compose configuration to mount the project path under /app inside a container for serving/building/modifications
• a simply command to start up a bash inside a nodejs container usefull for running npm commands, tests and so on
• a simple server command which is usally enough to startup a http-server for development
• an npm cache config which puts the cache in .npm-cache such that you won't loose the cache evertime the container is rebuild

checklist

• check .gitignore
• check .docker/dev-toolbox/Dockerfile has all the tools you need
• check .docker/dev-server/Dockerfile has the correct starting command

toolbox (command line)

Start a new bash inside a container with:

docker compose run --rm toolbox

Be aware that this can be run multiple times and it is always a new container created (and with --rm flag also deleted) so modifications like installing other stuff outside of the mounted path won't be saved.

server (or watch)

Start a new server inside a container with:

docker compose up server

and stop it from another shell with

docker compose down server

The default setup is configured to map container port 3000 to 127.0.0.1:8080.

cleanup

Sometimes it is usefull to run:

docker compose down --remove-orphans

to cleanup created containers which were not deleted for whatever reason.