Today we’re excited to announce the general availability of Docker Desktop for Linux, providing developers that use Linux desktop environments the exact same Docker Desktop experience that’s currently available on macOS and Windows. Firstly, we’d like to take this...
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JumpStart Your Node.js Development
With over 87,000 stars and 3,100 contributors, Node.js has become a leading choice for enterprise developers in 2022. It’s an open source, cross-platform runtime environment that helps developers build varied server-side tools and applications in JavaScript. ...
How to Quickly Build, Deploy, and Serve Your HTML5 Game
The life of a game dev is tricky. You have so many ideas and tools at your disposal — but what you really want is to connect with your audience by building compelling gameplay. You’re itching to test ideas quickly, gather feedback, and grow as a developer. However,...
Dockerfiles now Support Multiple Build Contexts
The new releases of Dockerfile 1.4 and Buildx v0.8+ come with the ability to define multiple build contexts. This means you can use files from different local directories as part of your build. Let's look at why it’s useful and how you can leverage it in your build...
Merge+Diff: Building DAGs More Efficiently and Elegantly
Guest post written by BuildKit maintainer Erik Sipsma. The Big Picture MergeOp and DiffOp are two new features released in BuildKit v0.10. These operations let you assemble container images by composing filesystems (MergeOp) and splitting them apart (DiffOp), all...
Dockershim not needed: Docker Desktop with Kubernetes 1.24+
Docker Desktop includes Kubernetes, optimized and tuned for a fast, distraction-free developer experience. We track upstream Kubernetes changes and manage Kubernetes upgrades so developers can focus on their code rather than cluster administration. Lots of people have...
How to “Dockerize” Your Python Applications
Millions of developers use Python to build modern, scalable applications. For developers who value performance, cross-platform portability, and convenience, deploying these apps within a Docker environment can be advantageous. That said, what kinds of applications can...
Building a Multi-Container .NET App Using Docker Desktop
.NET is a free, open-source development platform for building numerous apps, such as web apps, web APIs, serverless functions in the cloud, mobile apps and much more. .NET is a general purpose development platform maintained by Microsoft and the .NET community on...
10 tips for keeping your Docker containers safe from Log4Shell
This is a guest blog from our friends at Snyk. It originally appeared here. Today we’re pleased to announce an update to our popular Docker and Snyk vulnerability cheat sheet. Since 2020, millions of MacOS and Windows developers have been able to use docker scan to...