Master everything you need to know about Docker containers to easily create, deploy, and run your applications with containers.

DevOps for Developers

By now, you've probably heard the buzz around Docker. It's fundamentally changed the development process and been adopted by software teams of all sizes, and for good reason: Docker makes it considerably easier to create, deploy, and run applications with the use of containers.

Docker is here to stay, and is becoming one of the most in-demand technologies on the market. Mastering it now will help you produce better software, level up your career, and stand out from the crowd. Get started today.

Docker for Developers

We saw how an application could be packaged into a Dockerfile, and you should be good to go. However, when creating your first images, you may hesitate over some common patterns. I'd rather you didn't lose time with that, so I listed in this chapter some basic application images for common development technologies. Just pick your own.

Each lesson is divided into two parts:

* *Result* points you to the resulting image. I published them on the Docker Hub so you can run them right away.

* *Files* provides the details of the files, especially the *Dockerfile* file, that I used to create the image.

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Let's get started.

In this lesson, we will go over the structure of the coming chapter.

Introduction