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Docker for Web Developers

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Craig Buckler

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Craig Buckler

Last Updated

10 July 2020

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Docker is shunned by web developers; It's considered too technical, unnecessary, or something for DevOps experts. Terminology can be impenetrable. Tutorials never explain how to use Docker during development. This book is a conciise and practical guide that will get you using Docker in minutes.

Description

A typical WordPress installation requires Apache, PHP, MySQL, and the application itself. Docker can have those dependencies installed in minutes with a single command. That environment can be replicated or adapted for similar projects.

Other benefits of Docker include…

  • dependencies are isolated: other than disk space, your PC is not changed. You can run multiple versions of the same software at the same time, e.g. MySQL v5 and v8.
  • web app is portable: it can be transferred to another developer or device and will work identically.
  • dependencies are lightweight: they can be started, stopped, removed, or reinstalled at any time.
  • older dependencies are supported: your app can continue to use the same software forever.
  • use the same tools and workflows: you can code and experiment without risk.
  • deployments are more robust: your app can be launched on live servers and scaled according to demand

Despite this, Docker is often shunned by web developers. It's considered too technical, unnecessary, or something for DevOps experts. Terminology and resources can be impenetrable and tutorials rarely explain how to use Docker during development.

Docker for Web Developers is a concise and practical guide to Docker, specifically aimed at web developers. You'll be using Docker in minutes and can progress at your own pace.

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Craig Buckler

Craig is a freelance UK web consultant who built his first page for IE2.0 in 1995. Since that time he's been advocating standards, accessibility, and best-practice HTML5 techniques. He's created enterprise specifications, websites and online applications for companies and organisations including the UK Parliament, the European Parliament, the Department of Energy & Climate Change, Microsoft, and more. He's written more than 1,000 articles for SitePoint and you can find him @craigbuckler.

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Camille Spain

Very helpful. It's a good resource if you have no experience with Docker, or if you got through some beginner material but feel in over your head with one of the deep dive courses. It also delivers on it's promise to give developers with no interest in DevOps practical applications for Docker.

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Rolando Rodriguez

I love how this book explains the usage of Docker. It makes it simple to start using it.

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Glenn Cogar

I enjoyed this book, always good finding new ways to use Docker

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