Containers supporting Kogito, KIE, and Drools

This book focuses on rule engines. But it is also a key aim of the book to help you on the journey from using Excel-based solutions (running on your desktop) to more powerful enterprise solutions that can be used by many people at once. Containers make this journey easier, so let’s take a quick look at what the technology is and how we will use it.

Do I really need to learn about containers?

The quick answer is no. This is a book about Excel and the Kogito/Drools rule engine, and you’ll get value in your day-to-day work even if you just focus on those areas.

But a likely outcome is that other people will be interested in what you have done and will want to contribute to and/or run your business rules. Container technologies help you collaborate and deploy your rules more effectively.

In some ways, you’ve already used something similar to containers when you’ve used Excel. For most spreadsheets, you...