use development tools from container, modifying local sources ...

tl;dr

 docker run -it -v $(pwd):/app pgrund/devbox:<tag> <command>

Supported tags and respective Dockerfile links

• base,latest(base/Dockerfile)
  • no special programming language, lot's of useful tools ...
• java(java/Dockerfile)
  • for java development (java6, java7, java8 via jenv; maven, ...)
• node(node/Dockerfile)
  • for node.js development (node, npm via nvm; yeoman, bower, grunt, gulp .. )

base

all others refer to this one as parent image

content

• general (build-essentials, curl, wget, vim, ... )
• subversion
• git
• python, pip, pygments
• xmlstarlet
• jq
• csvkit
• datamash
• graphviz
• bash-it

volumes

project sources are supposed to be mounted under /app

defaults

/bin/bash is run as default command

java

java development providing multiple java versions in parallel via jenv

content

• jdk6 (oracle)
• jdk7 (oracle)
• jdk8 (oracle)
• maven (v3.3.3)
• maven (v2.2.1)

volumes

a local maven repository can be mounted to /root/.m2/repository as well as a local maven configuration can be mounted to /root.m2/settings.xml

examples

 docker run -it -v /path/to/local/repository:/root/.m2/repository -v /path/to/local/settings.xml:/root/.m2/settings.xml -v /path/to/local/maven/project:/app /pgrund/devbox:java mvn clean install

node

frontend development based on javascript

content

• nodejs, npm via nvm
• bower
• grunt
• gulp
• yeoman
  • generators: angular, angular-fullstack, webapp, wordpress

general tipps

It has come in handy to use local alias ...

$ alias mvn='docker run -it --rm -v $HOME/.m2/repository:/root/.m2/repository -v $HOME/.m2/settings.xml:/root/.m2/settings.xml -v $(pwd):/app pgrund/devbox mvn $*'
$ alias devbox='docker run -it --rm-v -v $HOME/.m2/settings.xml:/root/.m2/settings.xml -v $(pwd):/app pgrund/devbox /bin/bash'