Create Node app using Docker without installing Node Locally
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 neededdocker run --rm -v "$PWD:/$(basename $PWD)" -w "/$(basename $PWD)" -it node:current-alpine sh -c "npm init"
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-rm
remove-v
volume$PWD
path to current directorybasename
last element of file path-w
working directory-it
interactive docker terminal-c
context, without it sh will not work
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