In the last post, I looked at creating a build environment, settling on a strategy where I used Docker Compose to create our build environment. From there, I need some way to actually run our build in an environment. Typically, my Windows build run in some sort of hosted agent,

In the last post, I looked at what comes "out of the box" with the Docker support in Visual Studio. While what we saw makes a lot sense for a good "F5" story, it's not that great for an actual build environment. In a

In the last post, I looked at how containers could make local development easier for our typical projects, and mainly found they work well for dependencies. Next up, I wanted to see if they could make our continuous integration server "better". Better, as in, faster, more reliable, more

Containers, huh, good god What is it good for? Local Dependencies! * Edwin Starr (also disputed) In the last post, I walked through our typical development pipeline, from local dev to production: Now for most of our developers, when we start a new project, we can just continue to work on

Containers, huh, good god What is it good for? Probably something? * Edwin Starr (disputed) Here at Headspring, we're seeing more and more usage of Docker for local development. Having not really touched Docker or containers, I wanted to understand how Docker could help make our lives easier for