Docker can revolutionise web application development and deployment.

Install project dependencies in minutes

Docker can install, configure, and manage all the software your project requires, including web servers, language runtimes, frameworks, databases, and more.

Dependencies are lightweight and isolated

Other than disk space, your PC is not changed. Multiple or legacy versions of the same software can be run concurrently without conflicts, e.g. MySQL 5 and 8. Dependencies can be started, stopped, removed, or reinstalled at any time.

Applications become portable

Your project and its dependencies can be distributed to other development machines and production servers. It will work identically, even if some software is not natively supported on that OS. Docker ends those "but it works on my PC" complications!

Continue to use your existing OS, tools, and workflows

Developers can continue to use their preferred software. It does not matter whether they are using Windows, mac OS, Linux, specific IDEs, or other tools. Docker provides all the benefits of local development and debugging.

Deployments become faster and more robust

Docker can scale your application according to demand and keep it running if instances fail.

Despite these benefits, Docker is often shunned by developers. It looks complex. Terminology can be impenetrable. Tutorials never explain how to use Docker during development.

It need not be this way. This course demonstrates the core concepts and explains how to integrate Docker into new or existing development projects. You will quickly learn what Docker can do, how it works, and best-practice techniques for your team.