On Thu, 22 Apr 2021 at 09:56, William Witteman via talk <[email protected]> wrote: > > I have some existing projects to contribute to that use NodeJS and Docker, > and I am finding that getting set up to work on them is extremely daunting. > > I have never really used Docker. I have never really used NodeJS/npm/etc. > > I do know Javascript, but I don't build projects like this - it reminds me of > Ruby-on-Rails, which I found to be a huge snarl of complexity. > > I know that the initial development was done on Macs, but in theory at least, > I should be able to set up the Docker container and use that to get me into > an equivalent development environment, but I don't really know how. > > Does anyone have a Debian-flavoured tutorial for setting up Docker/NodeJS so > that I can build and run someone else's code?
Hi William. Another option to consider is VirtualBox (or something like it). I suppose this depends on your familiarity with VB: I'm very familiar with it, so spinning up a new machine in VB is quite straightforward for me. I'm not claiming VB is better (it definitely uses more resources), just that you could find it easier if you're comfortable with it. I also found Docker a struggle to get started with, and throwing a new language on top of that makes it really daunting. Best of luck. -- Giles https://www.gilesorr.com/ [email protected] --- Post to this mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe from this mailing list https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk
