28: .NET and Containers: Container Basics, VMs, and Docker

On today's episode we are pleased to welcome Matt Milner, Pluralsight Author, speaker and consultant.  Minnesota Developers Conference attendees know Matt from the great talks he's given over the years on everything from Serverless Computing to Maui.  Today's episode begins a 3-part series that will walk you through container basics, dealing with container conflict, using containers in pipelines, and the future of containers and .NET.  

3:12 Best practices in snow removal
5:22 Containers - top down and bottom up definitions
6:40 Difference between images and containers
7:53 What are volumes in this context?
9:08 Difference between containers and VMs
10:58 Containers on Windows machines
12:08 Containers, Docker, and desktop development
13:20 Docker vs. Kubernetes

Many thanks to Matt for a great first episode in our series.  Make sure to check back in a few weeks for  part II of our .NET and Containers series: Avoiding Container Conflict.

You can reach Matt at @milnertweet on Twitter and see his Pluralsight courses at https://www.pluralsight.com/authors/matt-milner

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