Docker: Development platform

This documentation is part of the Node.js guide. View the full guide here: How to use and deploy a Node.js app with Docker.

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To start the development platform, run:

make development-start

This command builds the Docker image, runs it, and executes the dev script defined in my-app/package.json (which is equivalent to running npm run dev).

In this example, a simple REST API using Express is created. You can view the API by navigating to http://localhost:5000. The page should display "Hello World".

Next, open the file my-app/src/app.js in your preferred IDE and modify the following line:

res.send('Hello World');

Change it to:

res.send('Updated!');

Save the file. The Node.js code will automatically reload and a refresh of http://localhost:5000 will reflect the updated API response.

Congratulations - you now have a fully operational development platform!

Install packages

If you need to install additional packages, you can run make development-shell to access the container shell. Once inside, use NPM with npm install <package> or Yarn with yarn add <package> to install your desired packages.