kanatamon / graphql-noob

Start Development

1. Start container then shell into it

make start

2. Install dependencies

npm install

Development Process Using Docker As Environment

Bootstrap project from scratch

1. Start docker container of node:10.3-alpine then run shell by calling sh

docker run --rm -it -v "$PWD":/usr/app node:10.3-alpine- sh

2. Now we should be placed in sh mode of the container, we can start initializing project using npm

npm init -y && npm install --save graphql express express-graphql

Short Hands

To start development FASTER!

# Step 1: Build image
make image

# Step 2: Start container
make start

# Then do whatever in container 

References

• 4 เทคนิคง่ายๆ เพื่อจัดการ Dev Environment แบบเนี๊ยบๆ ทันใจวัยทีน
• Learn Docker

Issues

• Using GitBash but no make's utility installed on Windows then How to add more to Git Bash on Windows

• Add a slash to fix Error response from daemon: Mount denied.

• Restart docker to fix Error starting userland proxy: mkdir /port/tcp:0.0.0.0:3000:tcp:172.17.0.2:3000: input/output error

• Use the npx nodemon -L index.js to fix Application isn't restarting due to some problem in networked environments (container running nodemon reading across a mounted drive)

• Add testEnvironment: 'node' to Jest's configuration to fix Cross origin null forbidden: Axios tries to make an xhr request in a Node environment, instead of an http request. It's issue due to Jest default environment is a browser-like but this app is builded in Node environment

• Install git to make jest --watch work property