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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. ...

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...

Announcing Compose V2 General Availability

We’re thrilled to announce the General Availability of Docker Compose Version 2 (aka V2)! We launched the first version of Compose V2 in June of 2021. Thanks to your feedback, we’ve made numerous improvements since our initial rollout — and have seen a steady increase...

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...