Deploy your Server to the Web With Docker

Writing a web application is the easy part, getting it onto the web is hard ... unless you are using Docker.

Docker Containers are one of the most important developments in software in the last 20 years. They are like a cross between a software installation package and a virtual machine, a way to combine all of the parts of a program to make it portable to anywhere you want to run it.

In this short class, we will introduce Docker, show you how to install it and create your first docker container, then deploy it to the web with fly.io or render.com