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Docker looks like the future of containers for development.
July 06, 2019

Docker looks like the future of containers for development.

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 7 out of 10
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Overall Satisfaction with Docker

We use Docker for WordPress development. It has replaced Vagrant on our development systems. We like the tighter integration with Windows Hyper-V and the performance is better than VirtualBox-based solutions. We are able to jump-start many projects with the Docker Compose files people contribute and publish on GitHub. Using Docker Compose we are able to create reliable, consistent, development scaffolding.
  • High performance.
  • Easy to configure consistent development systems.
  • Eliminates the "It works on my machine" problem.
  • Tighter integration with Windows 10 and WSL.
  • Better support for MacOS.
  • Better documentation.
  • Unified, consistent and repeatable development environment saves us time.
  • Free version of the tool saves us money.
  • Ability to move development containers directly into production saves deployment effort.
Dockers isn't a replacement for VMWare or VirtualBox in all cases. It's fundamentally a different way to solve the development problem. We use Docker when we need a lightweight, fast development scaffold. We use other virtualization solutions if we need GUI access or need a particular version of Linux that works better under VMWare or Hyper-V.
It's excellent when you need to run several simultaneous containers and has much better performance than Vagrant or VirtualBox based solutions. It's easier to configure than VMWare. It doesn't seem appropriate if you need GUI access inside the container, I'm not sure that's even possible. SSH access is possible, but a little cumbersome.