Docker for Developers: Develop and Run Your Application with Docker Containers Using DevOps Tools for Continuous Delivery

Docker becomes far more useful when it fits into the whole development and delivery process—not just when an application starts successfully in a container. Docker for Developers takes readers from local container-based development into testing, deployment, scaling, monitoring, and security, connecting Docker practice with the wider DevOps workflow.

Start with containers, then follow them into production

The book begins with Docker fundamentals and local development, including work with VirtualBox and Docker containers. From there, it broadens the view to the systems and practices needed to build, share, and run containerized applications. That progression gives readers a way to relate their development environment to the realities of deploying and operating software.

Connect development to delivery

Testing, deployment, and scaling are central to the book’s middle section. Its coverage includes single-host deployments and clusters, alongside tools and platforms such as Jenkins, Kubernetes, and Spinnaker. For developers and DevOps practitioners, this makes the book relevant beyond creating images: it considers how container workflows can connect with continuous integration and continuous delivery.

Keep operations and security in view

Monitoring, scaling, and container security form important parts of the later material. The book discusses tools including Prometheus and Grafana, as well as deployment to Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service. Security is treated as part of container-based design, rather than an afterthought to the build process.

A practical reference for Docker-based work

With its path from local development to production environments, this Docker and DevOps book is suited to software engineers developing their understanding of containerization and to DevOps engineers working with container deployment pipelines. It may also be useful to practitioners looking for a structured reference across deployment, orchestration, monitoring, and security.

Explore the Docker delivery lifecycle

Written by Richard Bullington-McGuire, Andrew K. Dennis, and Michael Schwartz, this book brings together the development and operational sides of working with Docker. It offers a broad route through the decisions involved in building, deploying, and securing container-based applications.