Creating a Docker Image for a Go Server

This lesson shows how to create a Docker image for a Go application. The main benefit we get from this is that we can deploy it in a Docker environment without worrying about compiling it and having the required resources—everything is included in the Docker image.

Still, we might ask, “Why not use a normal Go binary instead of a Docker image?” The answer is simple: Docker images can be put in docker-compose.yml files and can be deployed using Kubernetes. The same ...