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Simple Steps to Building Modern Applications with Docker

Gain insights into working with Docker containers, discover common pitfalls, and explore best practices to efficiently build modern applications, regardless of your experience level.

Intermediate

25 Lessons

3h 30min

Certificate of Completion

Gain insights into working with Docker containers, discover common pitfalls, and explore best practices to efficiently build modern applications, regardless of your experience level.

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6 Quizzes

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Course Overview

This course simplifies working with Docker containers (whether you're a novice or an intermediate engineer) and also exposes some common pitfalls. We’ve also added some best practices that might be useful while working with Docker.

What You'll Learn

Understand the problems container technology like Docker solves.

Understand Docker and how it works.

Learn to set up and configure Docker on your local machine.

Build and publish Docker images.

Containerize applications in multiple programming languages.

Understand how to optimize Dockerfiles.

Compose multiple containerized applications.

Learn security best practices while working with Docker containers.

Understand the problems container technology like Docker solves.

Course Content

Introduction to the Course

1 Lessons

Get familiar with Docker for faster, secure, and efficient application development.

Course Objectives

Getting Started with Docker

4 Lessons

Look at the evolution of Docker, from virtualization to containerization, and its fundamental components.

Getting Started with Docker

Docker: Images, Registry, and Repository

Docker Containers

A Quiz on Docker Concepts

A Guide to Building Docker Images

9 Lessons

Break apart the process of building Docker images and deploying them effectively.

What’s a Dockerfile?

Create a Docker Image

Containerize a Node.js Application

Containerize a Python Application

Publish to Docker Hub

Publish to Amazon Elastic Container Registry (ECR)

Publish to Google Cloud Artifact Registry

Useful Tips for Building Docker Images

A Quiz on Building Docker Images

Working with Multiple Docker Containers

4 Lessons

Apply your skills to managing multi-container applications using Docker Compose for efficient workflows.

Docker Compose

Compose Multiple Applications

Override Configurations in Docker Compose

Configure Projects In Multiple Environments With Docker Compose

Working With Docker in CI Environments

4 Lessons

Solve problems in configuring and integrating Docker with various CI platforms like GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Circle CI, and Travis CI.

Staying secure

1 Lessons

Implement robust Docker security practices for container isolation and minimized vulnerabilities.

Docker Security

Conclusion

2 Lessons

Practice using Docker on various OS, and explore Docker Swarm for cluster management.

Install Docker on Ubuntu, macOS, and Windows

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Course Author

James Samuel

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