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This also includes Fred's updates to the `README-short.txt` files, and a bunch of very minor changes for consistency (using "PHP" instead of "php", ending sentences that describe and lead into a code block with a ":", using "Go" instead of "Golang" and "Hy" instead of "Hylang" within prose, not using periods at the end of headlines, etc). A really fun one included here is that Java mentioned both using GNU Make inside the container (and `java` doesn't include `make` presently), and some of the prose mentioned `go build` after we ran `javac`, which was extra neat.
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What is Node.js?
Node.js is a software platform for scalable server-side and networking applications. Node.js applications are written in JavaScript and can be run within the Node.js runtime on Mac OS X, Windows, and Linux without changes.
Node.js applications are designed to maximize throughput and efficiency, using non-blocking I/O and asynchronous events. Node.js applications run single-threaded, although Node.js uses multiple threads for file and network events. Node.js is commonly used for real-time applications due to its asynchronous nature.
Node.js internally uses the Google V8 JavaScript engine to execute code; a large percentage of the basic modules are written in JavaScript. Node.js contains a built-in, asynchronous I/O library for file, socket, and HTTP communication. The HTTP and socket support allows Node.js to act as a web server without additional software such as Apache.
How to use this image
Create a Dockerfile in your Node.js app project
FROM node:0.10-onbuild
# replace this with your application's default port
EXPOSE 8888
You can then build and run the Docker image:
docker build -t my-nodejs-app
docker run -it --rm --name my-running-app my-nodejs-app
Notes
The image assumes that your application has a file named
package.json listing its dependencies
and defining its start
script.
Run a single Node.js script
For many simple, single file projects, you may find it inconvenient to write a
complete Dockerfile. In such cases, you can run a Node.js script by using the
Node.js Docker image directly:
docker run -it --rm --name my-running-script -v "$(pwd)":/usr/src/myapp -w /usr/src/myapp node:0.10 node your-daemon-or-script.js