ALMADA

Al Mada is a node/express JS and React js and GraphQL/ApolloServer application used to learn how to dockerize a react app .

Installation

Use the package manager yarn to install AlMada.

yarn

Create Docker file for node js

touch Dockerfile

Inside your Dockerfile add:

  # FROM: install the image of the Node.js version. 
    FROM node:16.16.0-alpine
     # WORKDIR: path of the working directory.
    WORKDIR /app
     # COPY: copy the package.json file to the working directory. 
    COPY package.json .
     # RUN: install the dependencies. 
    RUN yarn
     # COPY: copy the rest of the files to the working directory. 
    COPY . .
     # EXPOSE: expose the port 3000. 
    EXPOSE 8080
     # CMD: run the command to start the server. 
    CMD ["yarn", "start"]

Create GraphQL server

yarn add express express-graphql graphql --save

Inside your server.js add:

var express = require('express');
var { graphqlHTTP } = require('express-graphql');
var { buildSchema } = require('graphql');

// Construct a schema, using GraphQL schema language
var schema = buildSchema(`
  type Query {
    hello: String
  }
`);

// The root provides a resolver function for each API endpoint
var root = {
  hello: () => {
    return 'Hello world!';
  },
};

var app = express();
app.use('/graphql', graphqlHTTP({
  schema: schema,
  rootValue: root,
  graphiql: true,
}));
app.listen(4000);
console.log('Running a GraphQL API server at http://localhost:4000/graphql');

Contributing

Pull requests are welcome. For major changes, please open an issue first to discuss what you would like to change.

Please make sure to update tests as appropriate.

License