diff --git a/frontend/.dockerignore b/frontend/.dockerignore
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+# Text/doc files
+*.md
+
+# Git
+.git/
+.gitignore
+
+# Node modules
+node_modules/
diff --git a/frontend/Dockerfile b/frontend/Dockerfile
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+# ./frontend/Dockerfile
+
+# Use an official Node runtime as a parent image
+FROM node:20-alpine
+
+# Set work directory
+WORKDIR /app
+
+# Copy package.json and package-lock.json (or yarn.lock)
+COPY package*.json ./
+
+# Install dependencies
+RUN npm install
+
+# Copy the rest of the frontend source code
+COPY . .
+
+# The command to run the dev server will be specified in docker-compose.dev.yml
+# Expose the Vite default port (though mapping is done in compose)
+EXPOSE 5173