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Afterwards, we will look at orchestrating multiple docker images to form a full stack application using docker-compose. ## Outline - [What is Docker](https://www.bitovi.com/academy/learn-docker/what-is-docker.html?hsLang=en-us) - Explore Docker concepts and architecture - [Build a Node App](https://www.bitovi.com/academy/learn-docker/build-node-app.html?hsLang=en-us) - Build a simple Express API to use for the rest of the course - [Writing a Dockerfile](https://www.bitovi.com/academy/learn-docker/writing-a-dockerfile.html?hsLang=en-us) - Write a Dockerfile to containerize the node app - [Build and Run An Image](https://www.bitovi.com/academy/learn-docker/build-and-run-image.html?hsLang=en-us) - Build an image and run a container for our node app - [Volumes and Local Development](https://www.bitovi.com/academy/learn-docker/volumes-and-local-development.html?hsLang=en-us) - Streamline local development workflows with bind mounts - [Production Readiness](https://www.bitovi.com/academy/learn-docker/production-readiness.html?hsLang=en-us) - Trimming the fat from our docker image - [Docker Compose](https://www.bitovi.com/academy/learn-docker/docker-compose.html?hsLang=en-us) - Make Docker easier to use and orchestrate multiple containers ## Prerequisites - This course only requires Docker Desktop installed. 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