Add some more docs and streamline entrypoint

examples/fullstack/backend/Dockerfile

@@ -10,8 +10,12 @@ RUN npm ci
 
 FROM deps AS develop
 WORKDIR /app
+COPY dev-entrypoint.sh /entrypoint.sh
+RUN chmod +x /entrypoint.sh
+RUN cat /entrypoint.sh
 ENV NODE_ENV=development
 EXPOSE 3333
+ENTRYPOINT [ "/entrypoint.sh" ]
 
 # Production only deps stage
 FROM base AS production-deps

examples/fullstack/backend/database/seeders/user_seeder.ts

@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@ import { faker } from '@faker-js/faker'
 
 export default class extends BaseSeeder {
   public async run () {
+    const usersExist = await User.query().first()
+    if (usersExist) {
+      console.log('Database already seeded, skipping...')
+      return 
+    }
     const users = Array.from({ length: 1000 }).map(() => ({
       fullName: faker.person.fullName(),
       email: faker.internet.email(),

examples/fullstack/backend/dev-entrypoint.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+echo "starting up..."
+node ace generate:key
+
+
+# Check for pending migrations by parsing output
+PENDING_MIGRATIONS=$(node ace migration:status | grep -ic 'pending')
+
+# Run migrations only if there are pending ones
+
+if [ "$PENDING_MIGRATIONS" -gt 0 ]; then
+  echo "Found $PENDING_MIGRATIONS pending migration(s). Running migrations..."
+  node ace migration:run --force
+else
+  echo "No pending migrations."
+fi
+
+echo "Seeding database..."
+node ace db:seed
+
+# Start the dev server
+node ace serve --watch