A Beginner’s Guide to Docker — Before&After

routerhan
3 min readSep 7, 2023

Let’s have a look on container’s magic!

Welcome to a journey of Docker in software development.

In this article, we’ll explore how containers have reshaped the way we build applications.

Through concrete examples, we’ll witness the significant shift that containers bring to the table.

Development Before Containers

In the not-so-distant past, developing applications came with its own set of challenges, especially when you had a team of developers collaborating on a project.

The process usually involved installing most of the required services directly on your local operating system.

Imagine this scenario:

You’re working on a JavaScript application that relies on messaging services.

Each developer on the team would need to individually install the necessary binaries and configure them on their local development environment.

And here’s where it gets tricky — depending on the operating system they were using, the installation process could vary…

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routerhan

R&D Software Engineer @IBM Germany. This blog is an independent research of cloud computing.