We are running our app in different environments between us, and it'll be run in a different environment for production as well. This was causing some issues with versions and dependencies.
Solution
Use Docker to create a Docker image for the client and server. Then, use docker-compose to create a composition of the two images. Now, we just need to run docker-compose build once and then docker-compose up each time we want to spin up the containers. And then run docker-compose down to spin them down when you're done working on it for that session.
Testing
This was tested on my machine by cleaning and rebuilding the images using docker-compose and running the site to make sure hot reloading and nodemon were both still functional.
Notes
You need to first install Docker onto your system and go through the setup steps before this can work.
Problem
We are running our app in different environments between us, and it'll be run in a different environment for production as well. This was causing some issues with versions and dependencies.
Solution
Use Docker to create a Docker image for the
clientandserver. Then, usedocker-composeto create a composition of the two images. Now, we just need to rundocker-compose buildonce and thendocker-compose upeach time we want to spin up the containers. And then rundocker-compose downto spin them down when you're done working on it for that session.Testing
This was tested on my machine by cleaning and rebuilding the images using
docker-composeand running the site to make sure hot reloading and nodemon were both still functional.Notes
You need to first install Docker onto your system and go through the setup steps before this can work.
Closes #28