Docker in Action, Second Edition

Preface

Docker and the container community have come a long way since we started participating in 2013. And Docker has changed in some unexpected ways since 2016, when Jeff released the first edition of this book. Thankfully, most of the user-facing interfaces and core concepts were maintained in a backward-compatible manner. The first two-thirds of the book needed updates only for additional features or closed issues. As anticipated, part 3 of the previous edition needed a full rewrite. Since publication of the previous book, we’ve seen progress in orchestration, app connectivity, proprietary cloud container offerings, multicontainer app packaging, and function-as-a-service platforms. This edition focuses on the fundamental concepts and practices ...