You can build a docker image to want to develop hexaa fronted or client.
docker build -f docker/Dockerfile.dev -t hexaaproject/hexaa-backend:for-dev .
You have to link to a mysql db and a memcached container to get run.
docker run --rm --name hexaa-backend --link mysql_container_name:db --link memcached_container_name:memcached hexaaproject/hexaa-backend:for-dev