build the distribution inside docker container, thus removing dependencies on external npm, nvm

Author: Ankur Srivastava

front/Dockerfile

@@ -1,3 +1,19 @@
+# build stage
+FROM mhart/alpine-node:8 AS build-env
+
+COPY . /frontend
+
+WORKDIR /frontend
+
+RUN npm install webpack-dev-server rimraf webpack typescript -g \
+    && npm install \
+    && npm run build:prod
+
+# final stage
 FROM nginx:alpine
-COPY nginx.conf /etc/nginx/
-COPY dist /usr/share/nginx/html
+
+WORKDIR /app
+
+COPY --from=build-env /frontend/dist /usr/share/nginx/html
+
+COPY --from=build-env /frontend/nginx.conf /etc/nginx/