cleanup of docker files and updated readme

Author: Emile Frey

README.md

@@ -5,7 +5,10 @@ Install Docker Desktop
 
 ## Installation
 
-There are 3 .env files provided. Note in particular the .env files in backend\ and postgres\; there, you can adjust the database credentials, debug mode, secret key, allowed hosts, etc. But things should run just fine without any changes, but just know these files are there.
+There are 3 .env files provided. Note in particular the .env files in backend/ and postgres/; there, you can adjust the database credentials, debug mode, secret key, allowed hosts, etc. But things should run just fine without any changes, but just know these files are there.
+
+**_NOTE: If you change your database name/credentials, but have already run the steps below, you may need to delete the associated postgres docker image in order to get things to work._**
+
 
 For development mode without NGINX server, run the following command:
 

backend/Dockerfile

@@ -1,54 +1,3 @@
-# ###########
-# # BUILDER #
-# ###########
-
-# # pull official base image
-# FROM python:3.7.9-slim-stretch as builder
-
-# # set work directory 
-# WORKDIR /usr/src/app
-
-# # set environment variables 
-# ENV PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE 1
-# ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED 1
-
-# # install dependencies
-# COPY ./requirements.txt .
-# RUN pip wheel --no-cache-dir --no-deps --wheel-dir /usr/src/app/wheels -r requirements.txt
-
-
-# #########
-# # FINAL #
-# #########
-
-# # pull official base image
-# FROM python:3.7.9-slim-stretch
-
-# # installing netcat (nc) since we are using that to listen to postgres server in entrypoint.sh
-# RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends netcat && \
-#     apt-get autoremove -y && \
-#     apt-get clean && \
-#     rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
-
-# # install dependencies
-# COPY --from=builder /usr/src/app/wheels /wheels
-# COPY --from=builder /usr/src/app/requirements.txt .
-# RUN pip install --no-cache /wheels/*
-
-# # set work directory
-# WORKDIR /usr/src/app
-
-# # copy entrypoint.sh
-# COPY ./entrypoint.sh /usr/src/app/entrypoint.sh
-
-# # copy our django project
-# COPY ./django_app .
-
-# # run entrypoint.sh
-# RUN chmod +x /usr/src/app/entrypoint.sh
-# ENTRYPOINT ["/usr/src/app/entrypoint.sh"]
-
-
 # Use an official Python runtime as a parent image
 FROM python:3.8
 

frontend/Dockerfile.local

@@ -1,23 +1,3 @@
-# FROM node:12.18.3-alpine3.9
-
-# # set working directory
-# WORKDIR /app/react_app
-
-# # add `/usr/src/app/node_modules/.bin` to $PATH
-# ENV PATH /app/node_modules/.bin:$PATH
-
-# # install app dependencies
-# COPY ./react_app/package.json .
-# COPY ./react_app/package-lock.json .
-# RUN npm install react-scripts@3.4.1 -g
-# RUN npm install
-
-# # copy the client directory into the container
-# COPY . .
-
-
-# Use an official node runtime as a parent image
-# FROM node:14
 FROM node:12.18.3-alpine3.9
 
 WORKDIR /app/