react-express-docker-starter

A template for building full-stack applications with React, Express and Docker containerization

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Setup Instructions

Create a React App

To create a new React app with Vite (JavaScript):

npm create vite@latest my-app

Create an Express App

To create a new Express app:

npm init -y

The -y flag automatically answers "yes" to all prompts during initialization, creating a package.json with default values.

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Running the Application

Build and Start with Docker

To build and start the application using Docker Compose:

docker-compose up -d --build

• -d: Runs the containers in detached mode.
• --build: Forces a rebuild of the Docker images.

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Utils docker commands

docker exec -it <container_id> sh
# example npm install
docker-compose run --rm client npm install axios
docker-compose run --rm server npm install passport-local
# create migration
docker-compose run --rm server npx sequelize-cli migration:generate --name create-users-table
# run migrations
docker-compose run --rm server npx sequelize-cli db:migrate
# rollback
docker-compose run --rm server npx sequelize-cli db:migrate:undo:all