That option allows having backend-only build, skipping the long frontend build and test step. Frontend developers run NodeJS locally and usually don't need to have frontend built inside the docker image.
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Work on your local environment
Requirements:
- Node.js v14 or higher - install from package or with Homebrew
- Yarn 1.22 or higher - once you have Node.js, run
npm i -g yarn
Development
Install dependencies and start the development server:
yarn
yarn dev
Build
yarn build
Work with Docker Compose
Build
Install dependencies and run development server inside Docker:
docker-compose build
docker-compose up server
Then serve files from ./build with your favorite server
Development
docker-compose up --build server
Then head to http://localhost:8080