Run Node.js application in Docker & deploy it to Microsoft Azure

Utilising cloud services make it easy to deploy Node.js applications online, without the need to setup an own virtual private server (VPS) and install and configure the needed operating system and/or runtimes in it. It’s also an important tool for the realisation of web solutions based on micro services.

In this article, I’ll show how to run a minimal Node.js application inside Docker and deploy it to Microsoft Azure using the Azure Container Registry and Azure App Services.

Run Windows 10 VM in VirtualBox on MacOS

If you’re a MacOS user then sometimes you need to run Windows for some particular reasons like special website tests (in the native Edge web browser). An easy & free way to do this is by using VirtualBox to run Windows 10 on your MacOS computer.

You can achieve this using the free virtualization software VirtualBox and the time limited (90 days) evaluation version of Windows 10 (Enterprise).