Important Docker Information!

If you change the file structure (Renamed/Added/Deleted Files or Folders) Rebuild the Image and Restart

This is because Docker caches builds:

docker compose down
docker compose build --no-cache
docker compose up

This ensures all are changes to project structure are reflected inside the container, and hopefully avoids docker errors.

Command to rebuild docker image (useful after installing new dependency)

docker images
docker build -t <image_name> .

Command to enter the docker container and inspect it

docker compose exec backend bash 
docker compose exec frontend bash 

Command to enter the MySQL server

docker-compose exec mysql bash
mysql -u root -p

Complete hard reset

docker-compose down
docker system prune -f
docker volume prune -f
docker network prune -f
rm -rf frontend/node_modules
rm -rf frontend/package-lock.json