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====== Docker the Tool of build-run-delivery ======

  * Case study: when building pipeline, if everyone is on same team and on same page, it is easy to build one system for all,
    * use same configure tool to auto configure each user setting
    * use shared network drive to run same app
    * use centralized library to run all tools

  * bad situation: when there is more than 1 team working on more than 1 type of projects
    * when configure need to different to fit different team need
    * and when configure need to be switched when switching between projects due to nature of code dependency and nature of compability

  * not all languages is version back compatible
    * Python 2 and Python 3, Qt4 and Qt5 are already quite compatible in some way with some standard coding stlye to fit 2x2 combination
    * but in web development, some library change dramatically to improve efficiency and so are some game projects required some old assets to maintain.
    * so more and more situations happen in real life in a less standardized and diversed task-oriented world.
    * so Docker is the solution to let use pack versions of thing is a container to ship a all-in-one package like XAMPP (apache,sql,php ready to run pack), and much more than it (which allows multi-version run at same time)

  * disadvantage of container
    * duplicate of same things may happen in so many containers
    * sacrifice a bit of disk space for easy install and easy remove like portable app

  * ideal of "Run app in isolation"
    * easy to build a app and put on ipad and give to your client, since that is all in one (hardware and software)
    * to cut cost, you can put app in a virtual machine, that virtual machine is about the app (like cloud computing instance)
    * virtual machine is slow because each app is bring with a huge Operation System and hangs on memory and CPU all the time.
    * Container is a cheap lite pack "virtual machine" that use main operation system and run like a app wrapper - a app run inside a app.
    * finally, windows supports running Win+Linux container, linux support linux container, mac use VM to run linux container

====== Get Start with Docker ======

ref: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTFZFxd4hOI

  * install : https://www.docker.com/products/docker-desktop/ (free for less than 250 people company)
  * once install and restart, run Docker Desktop with admin rights (important)
    * most likely, your "Docker Desktop starting" will take a bit time, then pop error about WSL 2 installation is incomplete
    * click the link to install latest linux core for windows. (wsl_update_x64.msi)
    * then restart pc, run docker with admin right again
    * you should see "Get started with Docker in a few steps", means ok
    * go through docker first tutorial to get started
  * you should be able to run cmd with admin right<code>docker version</code>