Add instructions and TODO about running npm install

docker/docker-compose-prefix.yml

@@ -31,4 +31,3 @@ services:
       timeout: 10s
       start_period: 10s
       retries: 10
-

root/Dockerfile.be.dev

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ USER node
 COPY --chown=node:node ./<<projectName>>-api/package.json ./
 
 # install dependencies
-RUN npm ci
+# TODO: It would be vest to ensure npm install has been run before creating the image for the first time, then the if check can be removed
+RUN if test -f package-lock.json ; then npm ci ; else npm i ; fi
 
 EXPOSE 8000

root/README.md

@@ -17,6 +17,11 @@ Next, grant execute permissions on the startup.sh file and run the setup script.
 chmod +x ./scripts/setup.sh
 bash ./scripts/setup.sh
 ```
+### Project-specific setup
+
+If your backend uses node.js, run `npm install` in the <<projectName>>-api directory next.
+
+## Startup
 
 ```sh
 # start all the <<projectName>> components

scripts/setup.sh

@@ -5,4 +5,3 @@ find ./scripts/ -type f -name '*.sh' -exec chmod +x {} \;
 
 # Add execute permissions to all .sh files in ./config/ and its subdirectories
 find ./config/ -type f -name '*.sh' -exec chmod +x {} \;
-