<p>Almost all tutorials shows how to initialize a node app with Node installed locally. Here is a way to create a node app in Docker without installing Node locally.</p>
<h2 id="heading-initialize-a-node-app-in-the-current-directory-with-docker">Initialize a node app in the current directory with Docker:</h2>
<ul>
<li>Replace <code>npm init</code> with whatever npm command is needed<pre><code>docker run --rm -v <span class="hljs-string">"$PWD:/$(basename $PWD)"</span> -w <span class="hljs-string">"/$(basename $PWD)"</span> -it node:current-alpine sh -c <span class="hljs-string">"npm init"</span>
</code></pre></li>
</ul>
<h2 id="heading-info">Info</h2>
<ul>
<li><code>-rm</code> remove</li>
<li><code>-v</code> volume</li>
<li><code>$PWD</code> path to current directory</li>
<li><code>basename</code> last element of file path</li>
<li><code>-w</code> working directory</li>
<li><code>-it</code> interactive docker terminal</li>
<li><code>-c</code> context, without it sh will not work</li>
</ul>


Almost all tutorials shows how to initialize a node app with Node installed locally. Here is a way to create a node app in Docker without installing Node locally.

## Initialize a node app in the current directory with Docker: 
  - Replace `npm init` with whatever npm command is needed
  ```
docker run --rm -v "$PWD:/$(basename $PWD)" -w "/$(basename $PWD)" -it node:current-alpine sh -c "npm init"
  ```

## Info
- `-rm` remove
- `-v` volume
- `$PWD` path to current directory
- `basename` last element of file path
- `-w` working directory
- `-it` interactive docker terminal
- `-c` context, without it sh will not work

Almost all tutorials shows how to initialize a node app with Node installed locally. Here is a way to create a node app without Node locally.

Create Node app using Docker without installing Node Locally

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