Quickly Dockerize your Apps with CloudUp
It’s been almost 10 years since Docker was first released to the public back in 2013, and since then it’s gained massive popularity all over the world.
But I still see junior developers struggle to understand its concepts and
create their first Dockerfile for their projects. With hundreds of
thousands of articles on the internet describing how to use Docker in
projects of all sorts of languages and frameworks, it can be hard to parse
what’s the right approach for creating one.
That’s where I got the inspiration for compiling well-maintained and production-ready dockerfiles with best practices for a variety of common languages and frameworks, that can be immediately used with little or no customization.
Introducing CloudUp.dev →
We decided to compile them at CloudUp.dev. You can use the
available Dockerfile generator to quickly create and use Dockerfiles for:
- Basic Node.js applications
- Nest.js backend apps
- Simple Elixir scripts
- Phoenix web applications
- Common Python scripts
- Flask applications
- Ruby/Sinatra applications
- and more…
Once you’ve selected your language and framework, you’ll be presented with
an optimized Dockerfile for the project, along with helpful instructions,
and the code for any other associated files such as .dockerignore.
In the example for Nest.js below, it also tells you what changes you need
to make in the package.json file for that project.
The best part is that you can even configure common values such as APP_NAME,
NODE_VERSION, PORT, etc. directly and the changes will be reflected
immediately for you to copy/download the files.
While, this is still a work-in-progress, the project is already a success as I see junior devs using it for quickly setting up Docker.
I’d love if you drop your feedback (or even better, send a PR!) on the project’s Github page.