DockerCon 2022 : What I learned
DockerCon may only be a two-day event, but it contained valuable information. The first day was two sessions on the basics of Docker led by the insightful Sr. Developer Advocate Shy Rupare of Docker.
We follow him on making a basic web application with Python and Docker, managing dependencies in your projects across multiple platforms, and pushing a Docker Image to Docker Hub. At this point, you probably have been wondering,
What is Docker?
Docker is a container-based platform for developing, shipping, and running applications. Docker enables you to separate your applications from your infrastructure like virtual machines but is lightweight and quicker. With Docker, you can manage your infrastructure in the same ways you manage your applications using less physical space.
How are people using Docker?
At DockerCon, dozens of clients showed off the innovative ways of using Docker. I attended the “Analysis of Immune Repertoires with Immcantation and Docker” panel hosted by Programmer Analyst: Susanna Marquez of Yale University. They are using Docker in Immcantation. The Immcantation framework provides a start-to-finish analytical ecosystem for high-throughput AIRR-seq datasets. Its goal is to translate these genetic codes into knowledge that will advance our understanding of the immune system. Immcantation uses Dockers containers to make installation easy and accessible and maintain and update software dependencies. If you like to find out more, please visit their very helpful website.
Is Docker saving the world? That might be reaching, but it is helping many people with their diverse goals. I’m excited to see how Immcantation and other organizations use Docker in the future.
I enjoyed learning Docker and imagine that I will be doing my innovation in the future with containers. Keep following me to learn more!
