Docker Blog

Connecting Decentralized Storage Solutions to Your Web 3.0 Applications

Tyler Charboneau
May 19 2022

One thing has become increasingly clear: Web 3.0 (AKA “web3”) is coming soon, and some even expect it to fully emerge in 2022. Web 3.0 also promises to alter many of the internet’s core mechanisms. One key ingredient is decentralization. While many of today’s...

Docker Extensions: Discover, Build & Integrate New Tools into Docker Desktop

Amy Bass
May 10 2022

Today, we’re announcing the beta release of Docker Extensions and the Docker Extensions SDK. Docker Extensions let you build new functionality into Docker Desktop, extend its existing capabilities, and discover and integrate additional tools. Who Can Use Docker...

The Magic of Docker Desktop is Now Available on Linux

Chris McLellan
May 10 2022

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...

JumpStart Your Node.js Development

Ajeet Singh Raina
May 6 2022

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. ...

Special Edition Newsletter: Check out what’s coming to DockerCon!

Alyssa Carrick
May 5 2022

Join the largest community of developers from around the world and DISCOVER how Docker can make cloud native development easier. LEARN how to find solutions to everyday developer problems. EXCEL your skill set and productivity for you and your team. DockerCon is a...

DockerCon 2022: Key Themes and Learning Outcomes

Tyler Charboneau
May 4 2022

DockerCon 2022 is less than one week away, from May 9th-10th! Our developer community is the shining star at DockerCon, and we’re thrilled to deliver immersive learning experiences from start to finish. (Register here to attend our virtual event.) ...

How to Quickly Build, Deploy, and Serve Your HTML5 Game

Kumaresh Rajan
May 3 2022

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

Tonis Tiigi
May 2 2022

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

Erik Sipsma
Apr 28 2022

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...