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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 been asking us about the removal of a component called “dockershim” from upstream Kubernetes and how this will…
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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 in adoption over the last 10 months. We’re hearing a lot of…
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Using Awesome-Compose to Build and Deploy Your Multi-Container Application
In my last blog, I showed you how to get up and running with Docker Desktop. While we briefly introduced you to every major component bundled within Docker Desktop, it’s now time to drill a little deeper. In this blog, you’ll learn how to use one of our most-popular tools: Docker Compose. We’ll discuss what…
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Capturing Build Information with BuildKit
Although every Docker image has a manifest — a JSON collection of tags, digital signatures, and configuration details — Docker images can still lack some basic information at build time. Those missing details could be useful to developers. So, how do we fill in the blanks? In this guide, we’ll highlight a tentpole feature of…
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CTO Chat: Overcoming the Developer Experience Gap (feat. RedMonk & Flow.io)
The abundance of choice created by today’s golden era of tooling can be a double edged sword. Developers today have hundreds of tools, libraries, and services to choose from but organizations that fail to standardize around these tools can get caught in the “developer experience gap.”
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Top 5 Docker Desktop Features Developers Must Know About
Built atop Docker Engine—our open-source container runtime—Docker Desktop is ideal for developers needing greatly expanded Docker functionality, regardless of experience level. Docker Desktop is ready to use out of the box. It packages together Docker’s CLI, Docker Compose, Kubernetes, and other tools to streamline application development. Docker Desktop’s quick installation and OS agnosticism have also…
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Docker Raises Series C: More Build, More Share, More Run
Today we’re announcing Docker’s closing of $105 million in Series C financing to accelerate our vision of enabling developers to spend more time on innovation, less time on everything else. The round was led by new investor Bain Capital Ventures (BCV) and includes additional new investors Atlassian Ventures, Citi Ventures, Vertex, and Four Rivers and…
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Docker Extensions Preview
Have you ever found that you had too many developer tools to integrate together? At the Docker Community All Hands on March 31, 2022, Docker will preview a new beta feature, Docker Extensions. Using an SDK, both partners and the community can build new functionality into Docker Desktop, extend its existing capabilities, and integrate additional…
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