Docker image. Similar to a snapshot in the VM world, a Docker image is a portable, read-only, executable file containing the instructions for creating a container and the specifications for which ...

Jack Wallen shows you how to deploy a Docker container with the help of Microsoft VS Code. Image: BalanceFormCreative/Adobe Stock VS Code is one of the most popular open-source IDEs on the planet.

Docker didn’t invent containers—the method of packaging up computer code into compact units that could be easily ported from laptop to server to server—but it did take them mainstream by ...