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Docker for Software Development

6 Courses
9 Hours
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This path equips developers with the practical skills to containerize, build, test, and deploy applications using Docker. Through hands-on courses and real-world scenarios, you'll learn foundational concepts, advanced tools like Docker Compose, and language-specific workflow to streamline modern app development

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Content in this path
Docker Fundamentals

Build a strong foundation in Dockers essentials from basic containerization concepts to understanding how Docker Compose simplifies multi-container development

Course
Docker for Software Development: Docker Foundations
  • by Nigel Poulton
  • 1h 29m
  • Oct 02, 2025
Language-specific Development

Learn how to develop and containerize apps across multiple programming environments using Docker best practices for different tech stacks

Course
Docker for Software Development: Go Apps
  • by Mike VanSickle
  • 57m
  • Aug 26, 2025
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Docker for Software Development: Python Apps
  • by Steven Haines
  • 1h 42m
  • Sep 25, 2025
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Docker for Software Development: React Apps
  • by Saravanan Dhandapani
  • 41m
  • Jul 07, 2025
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Docker for Software Development: SQL Server
  • by Chris Behrens
  • 1h 28m
  • Jun 10, 2025
Application Lifecycle and Deployment

Master the full development lifecycle with Dockers from building local dev environments to deploying production-ready containers

Course
Docker for Software Development: Developing Docker Apps
  • by Nigel Brown
  • 2h 12m
  • Sep 16, 2025
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What You'll Learn
  • Core Docker concepts and container lifecycle
  • Building Docker images for different programming environments
  • Working with Docker Compose for multi-container apps
  • Containerizing real-world applications in Go, Node.js, Python, and React
  • Connecting Dockerized apps to SQL Server containers
  • Creating local dev environments using Docker
  • Deploying containerized applications to production
Prerequisites
  • Familiarity with at least one of the programming language covered in this path (Go, Python, Node.js, React)
  • Understanding of application development and deployment workflows is helpful
Related topics
  • Containerization
  • DevOps
  • CI/CD
  • Node.js Docker
  • Python Docker
  • React Docker
  • SQL Server Docker
  • Container Deployment
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Nigel Poulton
Nigel Poulton
Nigel is a popular figure in the tech industry, best-known for his videos and books on container technologies. He is currently a Docker Captain and spends most of his time working with Docker and Kubernetes. Prior to working with container technologies, Nigel has done everything from changing backup tapes and resetting passwords all the way up to designing and managing large-scale solutions in some of the most demanding corporate environments in the world. Nigel is also passionate about his fami...
Mike VanSickle
Mike VanSickle
Michael VanSickle is an application architect in Akron, Ohio. He started his career as a mechanical engineer, designing components for the automotive industry, before changing to software engineering. He is passionate about learning new programming languages and is comfortable working in Java, C#, JavaScript, PHP, and F#. Mike also loves learning about user experience design and is taking a lead role in his company's attempt to make applications that are elegant and simple. When he is not w...
Steven Haines
Steven Haines
Steven Haines has worked as a software architect for the last twenty years, most recently as a principal software architect at Turbonomic, focused on their cloud offering. He spent seven years in various architect roles at Disney, beginning as a technical architect on Disney's MyMagic+ program and finishing his tenure as a lead solution architect and principal application architect, overseeing large projects ranging from rolling out Disney Shanghai, replacing the online ticket sales website for ...
Saravanan Dhandapani
Saravanan Dhandapani
I have worked in IT design, development, and architecture for over a decade for some of the top fortune 100 companies. I have designed and architected enterprise applications and developed scalable and portable software. I am a Google Certified Professional Architect. Critical areas where I have worked are architecture and design using Java, ESB, Tomcat, ReactJS, JavaScript, Linux, Oracle, SVN, GIT, and so on, and cloud technologies, including AWS and GCP.
Chris Behrens
Chris Behrens
Chris B. Behrens is a writer, speaker and software developer, specializing in DevOps. He has been a developer and architect for more than twenty years focusing on small to medium size companies and the development changes they face. He focuses on his flavor of Fear Based Development, whereby a developer ranks their tasks in descending order of anxiety, and how to tackle them in that order. Chief among these anxiety-inducing processes is software deployment, a topic that Behrens focuses upon. He ...
Nigel Brown
Nigel Brown
Nigel is an IT professional with over 25 years of experience, gained in technical and management roles. He started his career in IT Operations, before co-founding and leading a company focused on delivering systems management solutions to some of the UK's largest companies. Recently, he has returned to his technical roots, and swapped the world of proprietary software for the open source domain. Nigel has an avid interest in the contemporary domain of microservices and container technologies. In...

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