Containers are all the rage. But why? Are they really better than virtual machines? What is a container even? Should I move from a Vagrant development environment to Docker? How does this look when a Composer based development workflow is used? What is it like moving from Vagrant to Docker and learning D8 at the same time?

This session will cover:

• Virtual machines versus containers
• Why containers? Why Docker?
• Why Composer?
• Development workflow using Docker
• Development workflow using Docker and Composer
• Tools/frameworks to get started

Intended Audience:

• Developers
• SysAdmins
• DevOps-ers