hopefully working dev container

.devcontainer/Dockerfile

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+# Update the VARIANT arg in docker-compose.yml to pick a Node version: 10, 12, 14
+ARG VARIANT="14-buster"
+FROM mcr.microsoft.com/vscode/devcontainers/typescript-node:0-${VARIANT}
+
+# Update args in docker-compose.yaml to set the UID/GID of the "node" user.
+ARG USER_UID=1000
+ARG USER_GID=$USER_UID
+RUN if [ "$USER_GID" != "1000" ] || [ "$USER_UID" != "1000" ]; then \
+        groupmod --gid $USER_GID node \
+        && usermod --uid $USER_UID --gid $USER_GID node \
+        && chmod -R $USER_UID:$USER_GID /home/node \
+        && chmod -R $USER_UID:root /usr/local/share/nvm /usr/local/share/npm-global; \
+    fi
+
+RUN sudo -u node npm config set unsafe-perm=true
+
+# [Optional] Uncomment this section to install additional OS packages.
+# RUN apt-get update && export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive \
+#     && apt-get -y install --no-install-recommends <your-package-list-here>
+
+# [Optional] Uncomment if you want to install an additional version of node using nvm
+# ARG EXTRA_NODE_VERSION=10
+# RUN su node -c "source /usr/local/share/nvm/nvm.sh && nvm install ${EXTRA_NODE_VERSION}"
+
+# [Optional] Uncomment if you want to install more global node packages
+# RUN sudo -u node npm install -g <your-package-list-here>
+

.devcontainer/devcontainer.json

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+// For format details, see https://aka.ms/devcontainer.json. For config options, see the README at:
+// https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-dev-containers/tree/v0.140.1/containers/javascript-node-postgres
+// Update the VARIANT arg in docker-compose.yml to pick a Node.js version: 10, 12, 14 
+{
+	"name": "DevEnv",
+	"dockerComposeFile": "docker-compose.yml",
+	"service": "app",
+	"workspaceFolder": "/workspace",
+	// Set *default* container specific settings.json values on container create.
+	"settings": {
+		"terminal.integrated.shell.linux": "/bin/bash",
+		"sqltools.connections": [
+			{
+				"name": "MySQL",
+				"server": "localhost",
+				"driver": "MySQL",
+				"port": 3306,
+				"database": "writer",
+				"username": "writer",
+				"askForPassword": false,
+				"password": "writer",
+				"connectionTimeout": 15
+			}
+		]
+	},
+	// Add the IDs of extensions you want installed when the container is created.
+	"extensions": [
+		"dbaeumer.vscode-eslint",
+		"mtxr.sqltools",
+		"mtxr.sqltools-driver-mysql",
+		"ms-vscode.vscode-typescript-tslint-plugin"
+	],
+	// Use 'forwardPorts' to make a list of ports inside the container available locally.
+	"forwardPorts": [1234, 3000],
+	// Use 'postCreateCommand' to run commands after the container is created.
+	"postCreateCommand": "npm i && cd frontend && npm i",
+	// Uncomment to connect as a non-root user. See https://aka.ms/vscode-remote/containers/non-root.
+	// "remoteUser": "node"
+}

.devcontainer/docker-compose.yml

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+version: '3'
+
+services:
+  app:
+    build: 
+      context: .
+      dockerfile: Dockerfile
+      args:
+        # [Choice] Node.js version: 14, 12, 10
+        VARIANT: 14
+        # On Linux, you may need to update USER_UID and USER_GID below if not your local UID is not 1000.
+        USER_UID: 1000
+        USER_GID: 1000
+
+    volumes:
+      - ..:/workspace:cached
+      
+    # Overrides default command so things don't shut down after the process ends.
+    command: sleep infinity
+
+    # Runs app on the same network as the database container, allows "forwardPorts" in devcontainer.json function.
+    network_mode: service:db
+
+    # Uncomment the next line to use a non-root user for all processes.
+    # user: node
+
+    # Use "forwardPorts" in **devcontainer.json** to forward an app port locally. 
+    # (Adding the "ports" property to this file will not forward from a Codespace.)
+
+  db:
+    image: mariadb:latest
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    volumes:
+      - mariadb-data:/var/lib/mysql
+    environment:
+      MYSQL_DATABASE: writer
+      MYSQL_USER: writer
+      MYSQL_PASSWORD: writer
+      MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: writer
+
+  dbtest:
+    image: mariadb:latest
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    volumes:
+      - mariadbtest-data:/var/lib/mysql
+    environment:
+      MYSQL_DATABASE: writer_test
+      MYSQL_USER: writer
+      MYSQL_PASSWORD: writer
+      MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: writer
+
+    # Add "forwardPorts": ["5432"] to **devcontainer.json** to forward MongoDB locally.
+    # (Adding the "ports" property to this file will not forward from a Codespace.)
+
+volumes:
+  mariadb-data:
+  mariadbtest-data:

.gitignore

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 temp/
 dist/
 ormconfig.json
-ormconfig.test.json
 .env
 .directory
 .history

ormconfig.dev.json

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+{
+    "type": "mariadb",
+    "host": "db",
+    "port": 3306,
+    "username": "writer",
+    "password": "writer",
+    "database": "writer",
+    "synchronize": true,
+    "logging": false,
+    "entities": [
+        "src/entity/**/*.ts"
+    ],
+    "migrations": [
+        "src/migration/**/*.ts"
+    ],
+    "subscribers": [
+        "src/subscriber/**/*.ts"
+    ],
+    "cli": {
+        "entitiesDir": "src/entity",
+        "migrationsDir": "src/migration",
+        "subscribersDir": "src/subscriber"
+    },
+    "charset": "utf8mb4"
+}

ormconfig.test.json

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+{
+    "type": "mariadb",
+    "host": "dbtest",
+    "port": 3306,
+    "username": "writer",
+    "password": "writer",
+    "database": "writer_test",
+    "synchronize": true,
+    "logging": false,
+    "entities": [
+        "src/entity/**/*.ts"
+    ],
+    "migrations": [
+        "src/migration/**/*.ts"
+    ],
+    "subscribers": [
+        "src/subscriber/**/*.ts"
+    ],
+    "cli": {
+        "entitiesDir": "src/entity",
+        "migrationsDir": "src/migration",
+        "subscribersDir": "src/subscriber"
+    },
+    "charset": "utf8mb4"
+}