{"id":15071,"date":"2020-03-16T11:11:18","date_gmt":"2020-03-16T15:11:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.elearninginside.com\/?p=15071"},"modified":"2020-03-16T11:11:18","modified_gmt":"2020-03-16T15:11:18","slug":"contained-open-source-environments-compatible-with-everything-what-elearning-professionals-should-know-about-docker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.elearninginside.com\/contained-open-source-environments-compatible-with-everything-what-elearning-professionals-should-know-about-docker\/","title":{"rendered":"Contained, Open Source Environments Compatible With Everything? What Elearning Professionals Should Know About Docker"},"content":{"rendered":"

In just a couple of years, Docker, an open source platform<\/a> to improve the development of applications<\/a>, has taken the virtual world by storm. It has changed approaches to software development among companies large and small, especially those oriented towards experimenting with interoperability and vendor freedom. This time the early adopters\u2019 bets paid off.<\/p>\n

This article was originally published by LMSPulse<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The key attribute of Docker is virtualization, which is the art of embedding a system within another, in order to protect the apps in the contained system from incompatibilities. While fairly popular, virtualization used to be a difficult task to set up, it ate up a lot of computational resources and it made applications run much slower. With the snap of a finger \u2014a couple thousand lines of code built over the course of 3-4 years, to be precise\u2014 Docker took care of all these issues.<\/p>\n

It popularized the concept of containers, \u201cbuckets\u201d of technologies clearly separated from the system and server that hosts them, but easy to connect to one another. Many took that idea to heart and this is how we got \u201cOrchestration,\u201d another virtuous discipline, where every module of an application that can be built separately goes to another bucket, no matter how \u201cmicro\u201d its \u201cservices\u201d are. Kubernetes<\/a>, perhaps the most popular container orchestration manager out there, is also open source and it\u2019s often seen mention in public next to Docker.<\/p>\n

In short, it means you can split your LMS<\/a> into several buckets working separate but neatly in tandem. Or that your LMS is one instrument in the institutional or enterprise technological orchestra, and your job is to conduct a triumphal EdTech symphony.<\/p>\n

So what is Docker, and how would affect your learning? Let\u2019s take a look.<\/p>\n

The Docker Engine is where the magic happens. It is fully open source, with fast rising popularity.<\/h2>\n
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#Docker<\/a> ranked #1 most wanted platform, #2 most loved platform, and #3 most broadly used platform in the @StackOverflow<\/a> 2019 Developer survey from nearly 90,000 #developers<\/a>. Reply here and tell us why you want, love or use Docker for a chance to win a FREE #DockerCon<\/a> ticket! pic.twitter.com\/wca3nvYnng<\/a><\/p>\n

— Docker: Build 39X Faster (@Docker) April 19, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n