docker api setup and updated readme

Author: andrenormanlang

.dockerignore

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+.git
+.github
+node_modules
+**/node_modules
+**/dist
+**/.env
+**/.next
+**/build
+**/*.log
+coverage 

README.md

@@ -8,10 +8,28 @@ Built with React, NestJS, TypeScript, and modern cloud services, MindsMesh showc
 
 Each feature of this project represents both a functional solution and a learning milestone in my development journey 🌱.
 
-🧙‍♂️👨‍💻 **At the moment I am implementing the following:**
+🧙‍♂️👨‍💻 ***At the moment I am implementing the following:***
 
 👥🔍  **AI feature that helps recommending relevant freelancers to logged in employer users based on their project requirements.**
 
+🚢 ***New DevOps Features***
+
+- 🐳**Docker for API Testing:**
+  - Start the Docker Desktop if on Windows or  Docker Engine on Linux.
+  - Execute shell script `docker-api-up.sh` in a wsl terminal.
+  - 🧪 Test the endpoints directly in the browser using Swagger accessing <http://localhost:3000/api-docs>.
+
+- 🔄**GitHub Actions:** CI/CD pipeline.
+  - CI Pipeline: Automatically runs tests and linting on pull requests and pushes to main branch
+  -✅ Build Verification: Ensures the application builds successfully in a clean environment.
+  - Future Implementation: Automated deployment to staging/production environments.
+  
+📎***New Chat Attachment feature:***
+
+- **Send and Receive Attachments** : Share files, images, and documents with ease
+- **Multiple File Types** 🖼️ 📄 📝- Share images, PDFs, Word documents, and text **(files Maximum file size: 10MB)**
+- ***Seamless Experience*** - Files are stored securely in 🔥🔥Firebase Storage 🔥🔥  and accessible across devices
+
 <!-- a booking system, and a review system. Additionally, it includes an admin dashboard for managing users, skills, and bookings, providing a seamless experience for both users and administrators. -->
 
 ![MindsMesh logo](/apps/client/src/assets/logo.svg)
@@ -57,11 +75,6 @@ Each feature of this project represents both a functional solution and a learnin
 - **Message Status Indicators** ✔️: See when your messages are sending, sent, or if there was an error
 - **Connection Status** 🔌: Visual indicators show if you are connected or reconnecting
 
-#### 📎New Chat Attachment feature:
-
-- **Send and Receive Attachments** : Share files, images, and documents with ease
-- **Multiple File Types** 🖼️ 📄 📝- Share images, PDFs, Word documents, and text **(files Maximum file size: 10MB)**
-- ***Seamless Experience*** - Files are stored securely in 🔥🔥Firebase Storage 🔥🔥  and accessible across devices
 <!-- ### 📅 Booking System
 
 - **Book Lessons:** Users can book lessons from available skill offerings.
@@ -115,12 +128,6 @@ Each feature of this project represents both a functional solution and a learnin
    **Messaging with Socket.IO** -->
    <!-- **Stripe integration for payments** -->
 
-<!-- ### 🚢 DevOps
-
-- **Docker:** Containerization.
-- **Heroku/DigitalOcean:** Deployment.
-- **GitHub Actions:** CI/CD pipeline. -->
-
 ## 🧑‍💻 Development Steps
 
 1. **Project Setup:**

apps/api/.dockerignore

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
     "@nestjs/platform-express": "^10.3.10",
     "@nestjs/platform-socket.io": "^10.4.6",
     "@nestjs/serve-static": "^4.0.2",
-    "@nestjs/swagger": "^7.4.2",
+    "@nestjs/swagger": "^10.0.0",
     "@nestjs/throttler": "^6.2.1",
     "@nestjs/typeorm": "^10.0.2",
     "@nestjs/websockets": "^10.4.6",
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
     "body-parser": "^1.20.3",
     "cache-manager": "^5.7.6",
     "class-transformer": "^0.5.1",
-    "class-validator": "^0.14.1",
+    "class-validator": "^0.14.0",
     "cloudinary": "^1.41.3",
     "dotenv": "^16.4.5",
     "firebase": "^11.5.0",
@@ -58,7 +58,8 @@
     "reflect-metadata": "^0.2.0",
     "rxjs": "^7.8.1",
     "socket.io": "^4.8.1",
-    "swagger-ui-express": "^5.0.1"
+    "swagger-ui-express": "^5.0.1",
+    "typeorm": "^0.3.15"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@nestjs/cli": "^10.4.5",
@@ -87,7 +88,6 @@
     "ts-node": "^10.9.2",
     "tsconfig-paths": "^4.2.0",
     "tslib": "^2.7.0",
-    "typeorm": "^0.3.20",
     "typeorm-ts-node-commonjs": "^0.3.20",
     "typescript": "^5.6.3"
   },