Based on Bret Fischer's node docker good defaults

Install Docker

To import test data:

docker cp ./docker/mongo/testData/exampleData.json <ContainerName>:/tmp/exampleData.json
docker exec <ContainerName> mongoimport --db example-database --collection ExampleProject --type json --file /tmp/exampleData.json --jsonArray

Syntax mongoimport --db <DB_NAME> --collection <DB_COLLECTION> --type json --file <TESTDATA>.json --jsonArray

Start with: docker-compose up -d

Node server listens on Port 8081.

Logs: docker-compose logs -f node

Add npm package while docker-compose is running:

docker-compose exec -w /opt/node_app node npm install --save <package name>

Logging: Winston
Environment variables: dotenv
MongoDB object modeling: mongoose
Express framework: express

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