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demo app - developing with Docker

This demo app shows a simple user profile app set up using

  • index.html with pure js and css styles
  • nodejs backend with express mode
  • mongodb for data storage

All components are docker-based

To start the application

Step 1: start mongodb and mongo-express

docker-compose -f docker-compose.yaml up

You can access the mongo-express under localhost:8080 from your browser

Step 2: in mongo-express UI - create a new database "my-db"

Step 3: in mongo-express UI - create a new collection "users" in the database "my-db"

Step 4: start node server

node server.js

You can access the application under localhost:3000 from your browser

To build a docker image from the application

docker build -t my-app:1.0 .

The dot "." at the end of the command denotes location of the Dockerfile.