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+#FROM risingstack/alpine:3.4-v7.4.0-4.2.0
+FROM node:6.9.4
+
+ENV base /usr/src/my-app/
+ENV app AppName
+ENV appPath $base/$app
+
+WORKDIR ${appPath}
+
+RUN useradd --user-group --create-home --shell /bin/false appuser &&\
+	npm i --quiet -g create-react-app &&\
+	cd .. &&\
+	create-react-app $app
+
+# latest (react, react-dom) included in package.json dependencies by way of create-react-app
+# soon we will remove (jquery, q) / and load only specific subset of lodash modules needed
+# removed aug
+# added d3, redux and major upgrade to react-router v4
+
+COPY index.html ${appPath}/public/
+RUN rm ${appPath}/src/*
+RUN npm i --save d3 global immutable jquery lodash material-ui moment moment-timezone q react-redux react-router-dom@next react-router@next react-socket react-tap-event-plugin redux reflux socket.io-client xmlhttprequest
+
+#USER appuser
+USER root
+
+CMD ["npm","start"]
+
+# BUILD
+# docker build -t docker.io:5000/devops .
+
+# SAVE
+# docker save docker.io:5000/devops | bzip2 > devops.tar.bz2
+
+# LOAD
+# docker load -i devops.tar.bz2
+
+# RUN (allocate port & mount volume)
+# docker run --rm -p 3000:3000 -v ~/AppName/ui/js_app/app/:/usr/src/my-app/AppName/src docker.io:5000/devops
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-var pg = require('pg')
-var retry = require('retry')
-
-console.log("Hello World!")
-
-var operation = retry.operation({retries:3})
-
-operation.attempt(function() {
-  var client = new pg.Client()
-  client.connect(function(e) {
-    client.end()
-    if(operation.retry(e)) {
-      return;
-    }
-    if(!e) console.log("Hello Postgres!")
-  })
-})
-
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
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-{
-  "name": "docker-tutorial",
-  "version": "1.0.0",
-  "description": "This repository is designed for helping you follow along with the accompanying blog post",
-  "main": "app.js",
-  "author": "Will Blankenship <wblankenship@nodesource.com>",
-  "repository": "https://github.com/nodesource/docker-tutorial",
-  "license": "MIT",
-  "contributors": [
-    "William Blankenship <wblankenship@nodesource.com.com> (http://blankenship.io/)"
-  ],
-  "dependencies": {
-    "pg": "^4.4.1",
-    "retry": "^0.7.0"
-  }
-}