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+# start with docker's base ubuntu image
+FROM ubuntu:14.04
+MAINTAINER Adam Brown "adamarthurryan@gmail.com"
+
+# add a volume from the current folder
+# ADD . /data
+
+EXPOSE 8000
+EXPOSE 9000
+EXPOSE 3000
+EXPOSE 35729
+
+# add a user
+RUN useradd -ms /bin/bash docker
+
+# update package sources
+RUN apt-get -y update
+
+# get some basics 
+RUN apt-get -y install build-essential libssl-dev curl
+RUN apt-get install -y git
+
+# install mongo db
+RUN apt-key adv --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 --recv 7F0CEB10
+RUN echo 'deb http://downloads-distro.mongodb.org/repo/ubuntu-upstart dist 10gen' | tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mongodb.list
+RUN apt-get update
+RUN apt-get install -y mongodb-org
+
+
+# install node.js
+RUN apt-get -y install curl
+RUN curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup | bash -
+RUN apt-get install -y nodejs
+
+# install ruby and the SASS rubygem
+RUN apt-get install -y ruby
+RUN gem install sass
+
+
+
+# switch to the docker user
+ENV HOME /home/docker
+USER docker
+
+RUN mkdir "${HOME}/.npm-packages"
+
+RUN echo 'prefix=${HOME}/.npm-packages' >> ${HOME}/.npmrc
+
+RUN echo '### Begin NPM config:'>> ${HOME}/.bashrc
+
+RUN echo 'NPM_PACKAGES="${HOME}/.npm-packages"' >> ${HOME}/.bashrc
+RUN echo 'NODE_PATH="$NPM_PACKAGES/lib/node_modules:$NODE_PATH"' >> ${HOME}/.bashrc
+RUN echo 'PATH="$NPM_PACKAGES/bin:$PATH"' >> ${HOME}/.bashrc
+RUN echo 'MANPATH="$NPM_PACKAGES/share/man:$(manpath)"' >> ${HOME}/.bashrc
+
+RUN echo '### End NPM config:'>> ${HOME}/.bashrc
+
+# install yeoman tooling and other npm packages
+# !!! this should be done for the docker user?
+# !!! should configure npm to install to the user folder?
+RUN npm install -g node-gyp
+RUN npm install -g yo bower grunt-cli
+RUN npm install -g generator-webapp generator-angular generator-angular-fullstack
+