How setup a Node.js development environment using Docker Compose

I want create a complete Node.js environment for develop any kind of application (script, api service, website ecc.) also using different services (es. Mysql, Redis, MongoDB). I want use Docker to do it in order to have a portable and multi OS environment.

I've created a Dockerfile for the container in which is installed Node.js:

FROM node:8-slim

WORKDIR /app

COPY . /app

RUN yarn install

EXPOSE 80

CMD [ "yarn", "start" ]

And a docker-compose.yml file where adding the services that I need to use:

version: "3"
services:
  app:
    build: ./
    volumes:
      - "./app:/app"
      - "/app/node_modules"
    ports:
      - "8080:80"
    networks:
      - webnet
  mysql:
    ...
  redis:
    ...
networks:
  webnet:

I would like ask you what are the best patterns to achieve these goals:

• Having all the work directory shared across the host and docker container in order to edit the files and see the changes from both sides.

• Having the node_modules directory visible on both the host and the docker container in order to be debuggable also from an IDE in the host.

• Since I want a development environment suitable for every project, I would have a container where, once it started, I can login into using a command like docker-compose exec app bash. So I'm trying find another way to keep the container alive instead of running a Node.js server or using the trick of CMD ['tail', '-f', '/d/null']

Thank you in advice!