Quickstart

Build the application

If your application passes all its tests, the typical next step is to build it.

So, let's update the previous pipeline and add a build step to it, by running npm run build.

tip

The npm run build command is appropriate for a React application, but other applications are likely to use different commands. Modify your Dagger pipeline accordingly.

Go

• It invokes the Container.WithExec() method again, this time to define the command npm run build in the container.
• It obtains a reference to the build/ directory in the container with the Container.Directory() method. This method returns a Directory object.
• It writes the build/ directory from the container to the host using the Directory.Export() method.

Run the pipeline by executing the command below from the application directory:

dagger run go run ci/main.go

Node.js

This revised pipeline does everything described in the previous step, and then performs the following additional operations:

• It invokes the Container.withExec() method again, this time to define the command npm run build in the container.
• It obtains a reference to the build/ directory in the container with the Container.directory() method. This method returns a Directory object.
• It writes the build/ directory from the container to the host using the Directory.export() method.

Run the pipeline by executing the command below from the application directory:

dagger run node ci/index.mjs

Python

This revised pipeline does everything described in the previous step, and then performs the following additional operations:

• It invokes the Container.with_exec() method again, this time to define the command npm run build in the container.
• It obtains a reference to the build/ directory in the container with the Container.directory() method. This method returns a Directory object.
• It writes the build/ directory from the container to the host using the Directory.export() method.

Run the pipeline by executing the command below from the application directory:

dagger run python ci/main.py

After Dagger resolves the pipeline, the built application is available in a new build/ sub-directory of the application directory. Confirm this by executing the tree command in the application directory, as shown below:

tree build
build/
├── asset-manifest.json
├── favicon.ico
├── index.html
├── logo192.png
├── logo512.png
├── manifest.json
├── robots.txt
└── static
    ├── css
    │   ├── main.073c9b0a.css
    │   └── main.073c9b0a.css.map
    └── js
        ├── 787.305db8b6.chunk.js
        ├── 787.305db8b6.chunk.js.map
        ├── main.5e49019b.js
        ├── main.5e49019b.js.LICENSE.txt
        └── main.5e49019b.js.map

3 directories, 14 files

Go

Node.js

Python