• Psythik@lemmy.world
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    19 hours ago

    I tried but the last time I made a website was in the 2000s and I gave up when I couldn’t figure out what “Docker” was, or why I needed it. What happened to simply slapping everything together in Notepad, uploading the files via FTP, linking it up with your MySQL database, and it all just works?

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      19 hours ago

      You can totally still do that. Docker is a thing to bundle shit up. If you’re not doing that kind of thing a lot, you can skip it. That’s not to say is not useful, but it’s definitely not necessary.

    • Bluescluestoothpaste@sh.itjust.works
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      19 hours ago

      You can still do that i think lol – docker is basically an engine, the docker folks make sure docker is compatible with all different sorts of hardware, and you just make sure your software is compatible with docker.

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        11 hours ago

        Yeah kimd of. Docker is a container management system. Like a Virtual Machine except it isn’t a whole OS being used to host each “virtual machine,”. it connects a closed container to the kernel. So you have a container with a specific stripped down app inside it that you can connect to.

        Architecture has to match though.

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          2 hours ago

          Right, no i know my comment was a gross oversimplification, just tried to explain it in a way someone who doesn’t know anything about it could start researching more about it.