Docker for absolute beginners — what is Docker and how to use it (+ examples)

Manage your infrastructure in the same ways you manage your applications

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Docker is a fantastic tool that makes our lives much easier offering us standardization, productivity, efficiency, maintainability and compatibility of our code. It allows us to continuously and rapidly deploy and test our code and it is platform-independent.

If you are unsure of what Docker is, what to use it for or how to use it; this is the article for you! I’ll try to give an explanation that’s as clear as possible for people who are new to Docker. At the end of this article you:

• See a lot of advantages using Docker
• Understand what Docker is and how it works
• Understand why to use Docker: what it offers you and how it can make your life easier
• Understand when to use Docker
• Are able to use Docker to pull an image and spin up your first container

If you feel that any part of this article needs a little more explanation, if you have questions or if you think this article can be improved in any other way: please comment and let me know!