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Docker Fundamentals for Developers

16 Courses
1 Lab
43 Hours
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This path provides any developer with an introduction to Docker and using it for any and all of your development needs. This path is unique in that we’re not suggesting you watch every course. The first five courses are ones we consider generally language agnostic (though of course examples will use some language specifics). After that, the rest of the courses are your playground to explore as you see fit with a course covering many of the most popular languages out there.

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Docker Fundamentals

This path provides any developer with an introduction to Docker and using it for any and all of your development needs. This path is unique in that we’re not suggesting you watch every course. The first five courses are ones we consider generally language agnostic (though of course examples will use some language specifics). After that, the rest of the courses are your playground to explore as you see fit with a course covering many of the most popular languages out there as well as other special interest areas.

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Getting Started with Docker

  • by Nigel Poulton
  • 1h 38m
  • May 01, 2023
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Building and Running Your First Docker App

  • by Dan Wahlin
  • 2h 9m
  • Mar 22, 2021
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Building and Orchestrating Containers with Docker Compose

  • by Dan Wahlin
  • 1h 38m
  • May 03, 2021
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Developing Docker Apps: Core Principles

  • by Nigel Brown
  • 2h 48m
  • Apr 14, 2023
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Deploying Containerized Applications

  • by Elton Stoneman
  • 2h 58m
  • Mar 05, 2021
Lab

Docker Hands-on Sandbox

  • by Stefan Nychka
  • 3h 5m
  • Aug 04, 2025

Language Specific Content

This path provides any developer with an introduction to Docker and using it for any and all of your development needs. This path is unique in that we’re not suggesting you watch every course. The first five courses are ones we consider generally language agnostic (though of course examples will use some language specifics). After that, the rest of the courses are your playground to explore as you see fit with a course covering many of the most popular languages out there as well as other special interest areas.

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Developing .NET Framework Apps with Docker

  • by Elton Stoneman
  • 3h 34m
  • Dec 02, 2024
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Developing .NET Core 5 Apps with Docker

  • by Erik Dahl
  • 3h 1m
  • Dec 02, 2024
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Developing Java Apps with Docker

  • by Esteban Herrera
  • 3h 21m
  • Jul 31, 2024
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Developing Node.js Apps with Docker

  • by Piotr Gaczkowski
  • 2h 3m
  • Jul 20, 2021
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Developing Python 3 Apps with Docker

  • by Steven Haines
  • 2h 29m
  • Jun 16, 2022
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Developing React.js Apps with Docker

  • by Saravanan Dhandapani
  • 1h 53m
  • Mar 12, 2021
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Developing SQL 14 Server Databases with Docker 20

  • by Chris Behrens
  • 1h 52m
  • Jun 08, 2022
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Developing Go Apps with Docker 20.10

  • by Sangeeta Singh
  • 2h 13m
  • Mar 07, 2022
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Docker for Web Developers

  • by Dan Wahlin
  • 3h 44m
  • Dec 04, 2024
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.NET Cloud-native Development: Working with Docker and Aspire

  • by Erik Dahl
  • 1h 52m
  • Sep 05, 2024
Course

.NET Cloud-native Development: Aspire Build and Deployment Options

  • by Erik Dahl
  • 2h 13m
  • Nov 27, 2024
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What You'll Learn
  • Perform basic docker foundational tasks
  • Building and Running Your First Docker App
  • Build and Orchestrate Containers with Docker Compose
  • Utilize best practices for developing apps in Docker
  • Build .NET Framework apps with Docker
  • Build .NET Core apps with Docker
  • Build Java apps with Docker
  • Build Node.js apps with Docker
  • Build Python apps with Docker
  • Build React.js apps with Docker
  • Build SQL Server databases with Docker
  • Deploy containerized applications
  • Build Go apps with Docker
Prerequisites
  • You should have software development experience
Related topics
  • Containers
  • Kubernetes
  • Azure DevOps
  • GitHub
  • RedHat OpenShift
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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...
Dan Wahlin
Dan Wahlin
Dan Wahlin founded Wahlin Consulting, which provides consulting and training services on JavaScript, Angular, Node.js, C#, ASP.NET MVC, Web API, Docker, and Kubernetes. He is a Google GDE (and former Microsoft MVP and Regional Director), Docker Captain, and speaks at conferences and user groups around the world. Dan is active on Twitter (@DanWahlin), blogs at https://blog.codewithdan.com, and adds a lot of code to his Github repos at https://github.com/danwahlin.
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...
Elton Stoneman
Elton Stoneman
Elton is a 10-time Microsoft MVP, author, trainer and speaker. He spent most of his career as a consultant working in Microsoft technologies, architecting and delivering complex solutions for industry leaders. He has delivered APIs on Azure serving millions of clients daily, Big Data solutions processing billions of events weekly, and cutting-edge solutions powered by containers. Elton's experience with .NET goes from .NET 1.0 running on Windows Server, right up to .NET Core running on Linux. Wh...
Stefan Nychka
Stefan Nychka
I've been involved in andragogy and programming my entire career, with a BSc in Computing Science from the University of Alberta, having worked there as a Lab Instructor, and now as a Technical Content Producer for IT Operations at Pluralsight.
Erik Dahl
Erik Dahl
Erik Dahl has been developing software and architecture for 20+ years, mostly doing in-house development for his employers. His recent work has included a multi-tenant B2B implementation and self-registration B2C implementation for Duende IdentityServer, upgrading legacy ASP.NET websites from server-side technologies to a client/server mix and adopting TypeScript, building Web APIs as the back end for mobile and web applications, and finding ways to modernize existing applications and make them ...
Esteban Herrera
Esteban Herrera
Esteban Herrera has more than fifteen years of experience in the software development industry. He has worked in many roles and projects, but mostly architecting and developing enterprise systems with Java and Javascript. Nowadays, he spends all of his time learning new things, writing articles, teaching programming, and enjoying his kids.
Piotr Gaczkowski
Piotr Gaczkowski
Piotr is keen on automating boring activities. Coding since he was 10 years old. He loves creating simple solutions for everyday human problems. Willingly shares his knowledge by writing articles and conducting courses. Has worked in the IT industry for over 10 years, both on full-time positions and as a freelancer. Rarely without sunglasses, never without headphones.
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 ...
Sangeeta Singh
Sangeeta Singh
Sangeeta is a senior backend engineer with over 8 years of experience in developing highly scalable software, some of which are used by millions of users and many of the fortune 500 companies. She has worked with all sort of technology and softwares, ranging from systems programming for mission critical softwares at the RnD division of HPE, to predictive network analysis for a network at Packet Design, then leading development of critical components of Cloud backup softwares at Druva and now del...

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