To get the most out of this book

A solid understanding of distributed application architecture and an interest in accelerating and simplifying the building, shipping, and running of highly distributed applications are expected. No prior experience with Docker containers is required.

Access to a computer with Windows 10 Professional or macOS installed is highly recommended. The computer should have at least 16 GB of memory.

          
Software/Hardware covered in the book           OS Requirements

          
Docker for Desktop, Docker Toolbox, Visual Studio Code, Powershell or Bash Terminal.           Windows 10 Pro/macOS/ Linux minimum of 8GB RAM

  

If you are using the digital version of this book, we advise you to type the code yourself or access the code via the GitHub repository (link available in the next section). Doing so will help you avoid any potential errors related to copy/pasting of code.