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Hands-On Swift 5 Microservices Development

You're reading from   Hands-On Swift 5 Microservices Development Build microservices for mobile and web applications using Swift 5 and Vapor 4

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Product type Paperback
Published in Mar 2020
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781789530889
Length 392 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Ralph Kuepper Ralph Kuepper
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Table of Contents (19) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Introduction to Microservices 2. Understanding Server-Side Swift FREE CHAPTER 3. Getting Started with the Vapor Framework 4. Planning an Online Store Application 5. Creating Your First Microservice 6. Application Structure and Database Design 7. Writing the User Service 8. Testing Microservices 9. Product Management Service 10. Understanding Microservices Communication 11. Order Management Service 12. Best Practices 13. Hosting Microservices 14. Docker and the Cloud 15. Deploying Microservices in the Cloud 16. Scaling and Monitoring Microservices 17. Assessment Answers 18. Other Books You May Enjoy

Exploring Docker Containers and Images

At this point, you should have Docker installed on your machine. If not, head over to https://docs.docker.com/install/ and go through the instructions for your system. In this section, we will explore the heart of Docker to get a better understanding of how it operates. Docker has Images, which are compiled system states, and Containers, which are running system states. Both are the central units that Docker interacts with.

In this section, we will look at the following topics:

  • Setting up Docker: We are going to make sure Docker has been installed correctly.
  • Images, Repositories, and Containers: Understanding the difference and use of these.
  • Starting Hello World: Hello from Docker.

Let's start with setting up Docker.

Setting up Docker

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