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Learn Docker

Containerize applications: images, containers, Dockerfiles, volumes, networking, and Docker Compose.

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Core Concepts

  1. 1

    Introduction

    What Docker is, why containers matter, and how to run your first container

  2. 2

    Images and Containers

    The difference between images and containers and how to manage both

Building Images

  1. 1

    Dockerfile

    How to define a custom image with a Dockerfile and build it

  2. 2

    Best Practices

    Practical habits for smaller, faster, and more secure Docker images

Running Services

  1. 1

    Volumes

    How to persist data beyond the container lifecycle using volumes and mounts

  2. 2

    Networking

    How containers communicate with each other and the outside world

  3. 3

    Docker Compose

    Define and run multi-container applications with a single YAML file

Curriculum

  1. Core Concepts

    Introduction
  2. Images and Containers
  3. Building Images

    Dockerfile
  4. Best Practices
  5. Running Services

    Volumes
  6. Networking
  7. Docker Compose

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