Create Node app using Docker without installing Node Locally

Almost all tutorials shows how to initialize a node app with Node installed locally. Here is a way to create a node app in Docker without installing Node locally.

Initialize a node app in the current directory with Docker:

• Replace npm init with whatever npm command is needed

docker run --rm -v "$PWD:/$(basename $PWD)" -w "/$(basename $PWD)" -it node:current-alpine sh -c "npm init"

Info

• -rm remove
• -v volume
• $PWD path to current directory
• basename last element of file path
• -w working directory
• -it interactive docker terminal
• -c context, without it sh will not work