How do I run my nodejs application with nodemon? - node.js

Question

Problem
Sorry in advance for asking a newbie question but I do hope anyone can help because I've been stuck for a few hours. I am currently working on a student portal assignment to develop a Backend API that reads from csv and stores into the database.
I'm having a very basic trouble of running or starting the Node Application.
Project Directory
Assignment
- .vscode
- external
- config
- controllers
- services
- app.js
- external-system.Dockerfile
- package.json
- packagelock.json
- router.js
- server.js (localhost:5000)
- javascript
- src
- config
- const
- controllers
- errors
- utils
- app.js
- router.js
- server.js (localhost:3000)
- database
- node_modules
- .babelrc
- .env
- .env.sample
- .eslintrc
- docker-compose.yml
- package.json
- packagelog.json
- file.csv
Anyway in short, the javascript folder is where I will have to retrieve the csv file, create the API and storage to the database for the full time students. The external folder is where I have to retrieve the information it and because they are not full time students. (FYI: The directory is given and fixed)
What I've tried
I tried an npm start to the javascript folder but I have the following error when trying to run localhost:3000.
> student-portal-system#1.0.0 prestart C:\Users\User\Desktop\Assignment\javascript
> npm run start:services && npm run build
> student-portal-system#1.0.0 start:services C:\Users\User\Desktop\Assignment\javascript
> docker-compose up -d
'docker-compose' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! errno 1
npm ERR! student-portal-system#1.0.0 start:services: `docker-compose up -d`
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the student-portal-system#1.0.0 start:services script.
npm ERR! This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.
npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR! C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\_logs\2020-09-13T15_27_31_396Z-debug.log
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! errno 1
npm ERR! student-portal-system#1.0.0 prestart: `npm run start:services && npm run build`
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the student-portal-system#1.0.0 prestart script.
npm ERR! This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.
In javascript directory(package.json)
{
...
"scripts": {
"test": "jest",
"build": "babel src --out-dir build",
"prestart": "npm run start:services && npm run build",
"start": "node ./build/server.js",
"prestart:dev": "npm run start:services ",
"start:dev": "nodemon --exec babel-node src/server.js",
"start:services": "docker-compose up -d",
"lint": "eslint \"src/**/*.js\""
and so on...
In external directory(package.json)
{
...
"scripts": {
"test": "jest",
"build": "babel src --out-dir build",
"prestart": "npm run build",
"start": "node ./build/server.js",
"start:dev": "nodemon --exec babel-node src/server.js",
"lint": "eslint \"src/**/*.js\""
... and so on ...
Would be great anyone could give some tips on how to resolve the errors or correct me whether I am running the application correctly. Appreciate it!

Answer 1

Seems like you do not have docker installed on your windows.
Check this https://docs.docker.com/docker-for-windows
But I am not sure that if you install just docker, the docker-compose will be also installed, in that case
you would need also install https://docs.docker.com/compose/install/ there is a Tab for installing it on windows.
Also I am not sure if you have a typo in docker-compose.yml file, I see that there is
docker.compose.yml filename which is wrong.