What you'll learn

Packaging, deploying, and running code consistently can be challenging without a clear strategy. In this course, Docker for Software Development: Your First Docker App, you’ll learn to build and run applications in a containerized environment. First, you’ll set up your local development environment by installing Docker Desktop, running a starter app, and using the VS Code Docker extension. Next, you’ll build images by writing Docker files, running the docker build command, and tagging and pushing images to a registry. Along the way, you’ll learn practical debugging techniques using logs and interactive shells. Finally, you’ll run containers with docker run, view logs, manage volumes for persistent data, create container networks, and orchestrate multiple containers with Docker Compose. When you’re finished with this course, you’ll have the Docker fundamentals needed to confidently containerize and run your first application across multiple environments.