A Dockerfile for my own setup of NodeJS on an Ubuntu base.

NodeJS is a little bit of a pain on Windows, and I wanted a dev environment that was consistent across multiple machines.

$ docker pull lewisgj/nodede

or inside a fresh copy of this repo:

$ docker build . -t "lewisgj/NodeDE"

Then run:

$ docker run -v /some/local/dir:/home/developer/projects -it lewisgj/NodeDE 

to mount /some/local/dir inside the default user's home directory with everything set up.

Getting this to work on Windows as I'd like is a pain as Powershell and CMD always use Windows line endings, but Bash running inside the container won't accept them.

As a workaround, it's possible to use the Windows Subsystem for Linux on Windows 10.

1. Install Docker For Windows (not Docker Toolbox)
2. Install Windows Subsystem For Linux (*a.k.a BASH for Windows 10)
3. Restart, Run bash, then apt-get install docker.io
4. Modify ~/.bashrc, adding: export DOCKER_HOST=127.0.0.1:2375
5. source ~/.bashrc
6. Then just use your Bash session to do anything docker-related.

I assume this works because the Windows Subsystem sends different line-endings to Bash.