Educational resources

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Docker and the broader community of Docker experts have put together many different ways to get further training and hands-on experience with Docker. Expand your understanding of Docker and Kubernetes with these additional free and paid resources.

Hosted labs

These self-paced and hands-on workshops use free, hosted environments (Play with Docker and Play with Kubernetes) that do not require anything to be installed. Follow along and learn more about Docker and Kubernetes.

• Kubernetes Workshop
• Microservice containerization and orchestration

* Labs are free but require registration with a Docker ID.

Self-guided tutorials

Created by experts in the Docker community, these free tutorials provide guided step-by-step workflows for working with the Docker platform.

• Integrating Docker with Your IDE
  • Java Development: Eclipse
  • Java Development: IntelliJ
  • Java Development: Netbeans
  • Live Debugging Node.js with Docker and Visual Studio Code
• Windows Containers
  • Windows Container Setup
  • Windows Container Basics
  • Windows Containers Multi-Container Applications

Books

If books are your preferred learning style, check out these written by the Docker Captains. Docker Captain is a distinction that Docker awards to select members of the community that are both experts in their field and are committed to sharing their Docker knowledge with others.

• Learn Docker in a Month of Lunches, Elton Stoneman. Use the code stonemanpc for a 40% discount.
• Docker on Windows: From 101 to Production with Docker on Windows, Elton Stoneman
• Learn Kubernetes in a Month of Lunches, Elton Stoneman. Use the code stonemanpc for a 40% discount.
• Docker in Action 2nd Edition Jeff Nickoloff, Oct 2019
• The Kubernetes Book, Nigel Poulton, Nov 2018
• Docker Deep Dive, Nigel Poulton, March 2018
• [Portuguese] Docker para desenvolvedores (2017) by Rafael Gomes

Self-Paced online learning

A number of Docker Captains have also created video courses on Docker and Kubernetes.

• Bret Fisher: Docker Mastery, Docker Swarm Mastery, Docker Mastery for Node.js Projects
• Nick Janetakis Dive into Docker, Docker for DevOps
• Nigel Poulton: Kubernetes 101, Getting Started with Kubernetes, Docker and Kubernetes: The Big Picture, Kubernetes Deep Dive, Docker Deep Dive
• Arun Gupta: Docker for Java Developers
• Ajeet Singh Raina: Docker and Kubernetes Labs
• [French] Luc Juggery: Introduction to Kubernetes, The Docker Platform
• [Spanish] Manuel Morejón: Integrating Docker to its Infrastructure and Services

* Many of the courses are fee-based