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Getting Started With Docker

Containers have been around in Linux for years. The containers have all the files they need to run those processes independent of the system, which is why they have become a commonly used tool for deployments.

That means you can create a Docker container that has all of the dependencies you need to run your app and manage it all the way up to production.

With Docker, you can develop locally in a container that you can share with other developers and use that same container to deploy to production once a consensus on changes is reached.

The — name flag lets you provide a name for your container that you can use in later commands.