Do you hoover or vacuum your house? Many people would say hoover despite their vacuum cleaner being of a different brand. In the same way there is an analogy between Docker and containers.
People often refer to Docker when talking about containers and vice versa. In reality, Docker represents a suite of tools which are commonly used to manage and run containers. To get a better understanding of containers you can read my earlier blog post “Containers — What are they and why use them?”.
To understand the analogy it is worth taking a brief look at Docker history.
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When I started working in the IT sector, I spent much of my time building public-facing websites. In the early days, I used HTML, CSS and JavaScript and hosted them on web servers such as Microsoft's Internet Information Server (IIS). As time moved on, these websites became more complex and interactive and as my skills expanded, I moved to developing desktop applications.
A recent change in role (a move to the UK Hydrographic Office as Senior Developer) has brought me back into the world of web applications and, with this in mind, I am taking the opportunity to look more…
Martyn Fewtrell
I am a software developer based in the South West of the United Kingdom predominantly working with Microsoft technologies.
