Engineering
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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 you create? How does Docker support their functionality? Patrick Loeber answers these questions and more during his presentation, “Getting…
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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 GitHub. It is cross-platform, supporting Windows, macOS and Linux, and can be used…
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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 analyze their containers in their local environments as part of their…
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Announcing Docker SBOM: A step towards more visibility into Docker images
Image visibility and transparency are key to securing your software supply chain. Learn how our Docker SBOM feature highlights core image components.
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Investing In Performance, Trust and Great Experiences for Developers
Docker is nine years old? Seems both like yesterday and a long time ago! The technology world has changed a lot since then, and Docker has played a key role in making it easy for developers to build and ship applications wherever they’re needed. What were the key changes that Docker introduced? Well, when Docker…
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Tracking Global Vaccination Rates with Docker, Python, and IoT
I’m a major fan of the ESP32-S2 platform of low-power, low-cost, Wi-Fi capable microcontrollers. Adafruit specifically sells a variant that features a 2.9′ E-ink display and Python support, called the MagTag. I’m not ashamed to admit I have *far* too many of these things littered across my apartment. One of my favorite organizations is Our…
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Image rebase and improved remote cache support in new BuildKit
We’ve just shipped new versions of the BuildKit builder engine, Dockerfile 1.4 frontend, and Docker Buildx CLI. Each of these comes with many new features. In this blog post, I’ll show one of them, a new copy mode in Dockerfiles, and explain why you should start to use it on your Dockerfiles. With the Dockerfile…
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Speed boost achievement unlocked on Docker Desktop 4.6 for Mac
Introducing virtiofs The 4.6 release of Docker Desktop for Mac contains a number of changes that drastically improve file sharing performance for macOS users. Firstly, developers now have the option of using a new experimental file sharing implementation called virtiofs (the current default is gRPC-FUSE). Secondly, improvements have been made to the way that files…
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