Dockerfile-ui-dev

# Front UI dockerfile
FROM node:21-alpine

# WORKDIR /app/ui
#from the docerfile tutorial
WORKDIR /usr/src/app
# Copy package.json, package-lock.json, Next.js, Tailwind CSS configuration files
# Necessary and differs from the backend for several reasons related to how Next.js and Tailwind CSS applications are built and run
COPY package*.json ./
COPY configs/next.config.js ./
COPY configs/postcss.config.js ./
COPY configs/tailwind.config.js ./

COPY . .
RUN npm install
#for hot reloading per muticontainer tutorial/ idk if npm install already does this
RUN npm install -g nodemon
#added from multi container todo tutorial/ Runs app as a non-root user
RUN  chown -R node /usr/src/app
USER node

EXPOSE 4000

#CMD ["npm", "start"]
#testing this from programming with UMA 
CMD ["npm", "run", "dev"]