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+# tool_template_node
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+This is the template for a generic containerized NodeJS tool following the [Tool Specification](https://vforwater.github.io/tool-specs/) for reusable research software using Docker.
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+This template can be used to generate new Github repositories from it.
+
+Please note that this project has nothing to do with Javascript frontend tools/libs and NodeJS is also not used to
+build some kind of webproject backend stack. We want to integrate NodeJS into a generic workflow runner to make tools available, 
+scientists might be used to from frontend development.