DockerCon 2022 represents the 8th year of DockerCon. The very first one in June 2014 in San Francisco welcomed 300 participants; last year’s all-virtual DockerCon 2021 welcomed 80,000, and we’re expecting the same this year. The growth in DockerCon participation is a...
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Docker Extensions: Discover, Build & Integrate New Tools into Docker Desktop
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
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
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. ...
DockerCon 2022: Key Themes and Learning Outcomes
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
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...