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Docker – ‘A better way to build apps’, as stated on its website, is an open-source platform for building apps and microservices. The catch here is the automated deployment of your app in a container, by OS level virtualization provided by Dockers. Dockers are better than VMs as you can do away with the additional costs for maintaining and starting the latter. By deploying your app and its dependencies (i.e. the pre-requisite apps for its proper functioning) in a container, your app becomes portable during all the phases of development and testing. Moreover, the isolated apps eliminate conflicts, enable team collaboration, and reduce the time-to-market. When Do You Need to Use a Docker? For replicating the environment on your server, while running your code locally on your laptop For Docker CI/CD during numerous development phases (dev/test/QA) For distributing your app’s OS with a team, and as a version control system. How Do You Setup a Docker Locally Download a Docke...