Docker for Developers

Course Overview

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... See More

How You'll Learn

Hands-on coding environments

You don’t get better at swimming by watching others. Coding is no different. Practice as you learn with live code environments inside your browser.

Faster than videos

Videos are holding you back. The average video tutorial is spoken at 150 words per minute, while you can read at 250. That‘s why our courses are text-based.

No set-up required

Start learning immediately instead of fiddling with SDKs and IDEs. It‘s all on the cloud.

Progress you can show

Built in assessments let you test your skills. Completion certificates let you show them off.

Hands-on coding environments

You don’t get better at swimming by watching others. Coding is no different. Practice as you learn with live code environments inside your browser.

Faster than videos

Videos are holding you back. The average video tutorial is spoken at 150 words per minute, while you can read at 250. That‘s why our courses are text-based.

No set-up required

Start learning immediately instead of fiddling with SDKs and IDEs. It‘s all on the cloud.

Progress you can show

Built in assessments let you test your skills. Completion certificates let you show them off.

Course Contents

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1. Before Getting Started

Introduction

2. Why Docker?

A DevOps Enabler Tool

Solves Dependency Conflicts

Allows Easy Scaling Up

Allows Seamless Upgrades

International Commerce Already Uses Containers

Quiz

3. Get Docker up and Running

Various Products for Various Needs

Community on a Developer or CI Machine

4. Basic Concepts

Basic Concepts

Quiz

5. Use Docker Images

Do-It-Yourself: Run a Container

Container Management Commands

Do-It-Yourself: Post-Mortem Inspection

More About Docker Run

Running a Server Container

Exercise: Run a Server Container

Exercise Solution

Using Volumes

Where Do Images Come From?

Quiz

6. Create Docker Images

Creating a Simple Image

Creating an Image Including Files

Images Are Created Locally

Exercise: Build an Image and Run It

Exercise Solution

Tags Matter

Parameters as Environment Variables

Exercise: Enable an Image to Be Parameterized

Exercise Solution

Storage

Networking

Learning More

Quiz

7. Publish Docker Images

Rationale for Publishing

Registries

Publishing an Image

Docker Hub

Run an Image on Another Machine

Exercise: Publish an Image and Run a Container on Another Machine

Exercise Solution

Private Registries

Size Matters

Quiz

8. Forget SDK Installs

One Tool to Rule Them All

Building Rationally: Easy CI

Multi-Stage Dockerfiles

9. Docker with Common Development Profiles

Introduction

Java

Node.js

PHP

.NET Core

Python

10. More About Running Containers

Restart Mode

Monitoring

Reclaim Your Disk

Orchestration Basics