create nodejs application development environment with docker

.dockerignore

app
logs/*.log*
node_modules

docker-compose.yml

version: '3.3'
services:
  web:
    build: .
    command: heroku local development
    volumes:
      - ./app:/usr/src/app
    ports:
      - "5000:5000"
      - "5858:5858"
    depends_on:
      - db
  db:
    image: "mongo:3.6"
    ports:
      - "27017:27017"
    volumes:
      - db:/data/db

volumes:
  db:

Dockerfile

FROM node:8

# install heroku
RUN curl https://cli-assets.heroku.com/install-ubuntu.sh | sh

# Create app directory
WORKDIR /usr/src

COPY package*.json ./

RUN npm install

# Bundle app source
COPY . .

EXPOSE 5000
EXPOSE 5858

CMD ["heroku", "local", "development"]

launch.json

{
    "version": "0.2.0",
    "configurations": [
        {
            "name": "Attach",
            "type": "node",
            "request": "attach",
            "port": 5858,
            "address": "localhost",
            "restart": true,
            "sourceMaps": false,
            "outDir": null,
            "localRoot": "${workspaceRoot}",
            "remoteRoot": "/usr/src",
            "restart": true
        }
    ]
}

Procfile

development: ./node_modules/.bin/forever -w -m 500 -c "node --inspect=0.0.0.0:5858" app/app.js