Up until now, we've seen a number of different options for development environments. We've seen what Vagrant VVV and Chassis can do; both are great solutions, and both build on top of Vagrant. If you've started developing using Vagrant solutions, then good for you. But wait, there is one more option. In this article we will see what Docker is, and how to start using it in your WordPress projects.
Why Docker?
Docker is an open source platform that helps you build, run and deploy applications. In this article, we will start using Docker with WordPress, but it's really easy to use with any other CMS or framework, and every language out there. Docker has been a buzzword in the DevOps community for sometime. Consider this: in its first 1.0 stable release, many cloud providers started adopting Docker. If you have used Heroku or other PaaS for a while, you may know that it's easy to develop on them. With most PaaS providers, you have a web container, a database container, a container that saves files, and so on. Each container is different and communicates with each other via IPs and Ports. PaaS platforms also uses container technologies.
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