Docker Compose for Node.js and PostgreSQL

For the sake of making it more real-world, setup has also a build step (here with TypeScript).

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I've put together an article which explains most of the code from this repo: Docker Compose for NodeJS and PostreSQL

Run

docker-compose up --build

Test

curl http://localhost:3000/ping
# {"environment":"development","database":"up"} 

WARNING

Don't keep .env file in the repo. It's here as it makes demo example simpler.