Closes #67 Hot-reload the code in the containers

README.md

@@ -32,18 +32,30 @@ dotnet dev-certs https -ep .aspnet/https/aspnetapp.pfx -p devcertpasswd --trust
 ```
 
 Next go to the `scripts` directory and run `apply_migrations.ps1`
-Next You should go back to the main directory and run `docker compose up --build`
+Next You should go back to the main directory and run `docker compose up --build --watch`
 This can be done with the following snippet.
 
 ```powershell
 cd scripts
 .\apply_migrations.ps1
 cd ..\
-docker compose up --build
+docker compose up --build --watch
 ```
 
 You can now visit the site at: <http://localhost:8888/>
 
 ## Scripts
 
 Directory `scripts` contains some helpful scripts which automate some parts of working with this directory.
+
+## Development
+
+The application is started using the following command:
+
+```bash
+docker compose up --build --watch
+```
+
+The `--watch` parameter starts containers with the `hot-reload` feature. This enables the auto-reload functionality, meaning that the container will be automatically reloaded when the code for either the frontend or backend changes.
+
+> The `hot-reload` feature for backend applications uses `dotnet watch`, which only detects changes to existing files. It will not restart the container if new files are added (dotnet watch [issue](https://github.com/dotnet/aspnetcore/issues/8321)).

backend/Dockerfile

@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@ WORKDIR /app
 EXPOSE 80
 EXPOSE 443
 
+FROM mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/sdk:8.0 AS development
+COPY . /src
+WORKDIR /src
+CMD ["dotnet", "watch", "--verbose", "--non-interactive", "--no-launch-profile", "--project", "src/api/"]
+
 #Todo: clean it up for multiproject build
 FROM mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/sdk:8.0 AS build
 WORKDIR /src

docker-compose.yml

@@ -1,16 +1,26 @@
-version: "3.9"
 services:
   frontend:
     container_name: ks-frontend
     build:
       context: ./frontend
+    command: ["npm", "run", "dev"]
     ports:
       - "8888:8888"
+    develop:
+      watch:
+        - action: sync
+          path: ./frontend
+          target: /src
+          ignore:
+            - node_modules
+        - action: rebuild
+          path: package.json
 
   backend:
     container_name: ks-backend
     build:
       context: ./backend
+      target: development
     ports:
       - "5001:80"
       - "5000:443"
@@ -20,11 +30,17 @@ services:
       ASPNETCORE_Kestrel__Certificates__Default__Path: "/https/aspnetapp.pfx"
       ASPNETCORE_Kestrel__Certificates__Default__Password: "devcertpasswd"
       ASPNETCORE_URLS: "https://+:443;http://+:80"
+      DOTNET_USE_POLLING_FILE_WATCHER: true  # dotnet watch uses a a polling file watcher. Required for running it in docker.
     volumes:
-      - .aspnet/https:/https/
+      - .aspnet/https:/https/:ro  # read-only on the container
     depends_on:
       db:
         condition: service_healthy
+    develop:
+      watch:
+        - action: sync
+          path: ./backend
+          target: /src
 
   db:
     image: postgres:14.0-alpine

frontend/Dockerfile

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 FROM node:current-alpine
 WORKDIR /src
-COPY package.json .
+COPY package*.json .
 RUN npm install
 COPY . .
 RUN npm run build