Docker Tutorial For Beginners - How To Containerize Python Applications

In this Docker Tutorial I show how to get started with Docker for your Python Scripts and Python Web Apps.

In this Docker Tutorial I show how to get started with Docker for your Python Scripts and Python Web Apps. We look at two different projects and build Docker Containers for a Python script and for a web application using FastAPI (works the same for Flask). This also demonstrates how to dockerize a virtual environment.

Outline¶

Here's an outline of what I'll cover in this tutorial:

Introduction & Overview
Dockerfile vs Image vs Container
Dockerze Python scripts
Dockerize a web app with FastAPI

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