Kirsten Hunter
API Evangelist, Akamai
Princess Polymath is the API Evangelist for Akamai. She writes, talks and teaches developers how to be more efficient and happy.
Silicon Valley Code Camp : October 3rd and 4th 2015Session
Using Docker to Bootstrap Learning
Use docker containers to help get your workshop attenees working with the right envioronment in a fraction of the time!
About This Session
When teaching customers how to use your platform, system setup can take
longer than the actual coding exercises. Specific language versions, dependency
libraries and the quirkiness of different operating systems can consume precious
time during workshops or while viewing online tutorials - even before the
developer gets to the meat of the topic. Additionally, your specific manifest of
libraries and language versions may conflict with a developer’s environment, requiring the developer to make irreversible changes to the system environment or preventing them from using your sample code all together.
With Docker, it¹s possible to create a container that delivers exactly
what the developer needs to start working with your code immediately.
Boot2Docker makes setup on Windows and Macintosh simple, and on Linux the
setup is even more straightforward. This simple use case can improve the first time developer experience for your platform and increase engagement with your developer community. This approach has the added benefit of avoiding impact on your developers¹
existing system and coding environment. Administrative privileges aren¹t required, and a
Docker container acts as a sandbox to protect the main system from any ill
effects.
This will be an interactive workshop, and interested attendees will have a docker container up and running by the end of the class.
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