Docker containers are a fantastic technology for running your applications across all kinds of cloud and on-premises services. But as developer teams and organizations grow, individual developers tend to get less and less say in how their apps are hosted.
This talk completely skips the admittedly compelling container hosting story to focus on useful docker tips any developer can leverage to get services and tools running in containers on their own machine.

We'll start with running two common dependencies from containers: Microsoft SQL Server and SEQ before moving on to cover:
- Unlocking the vast library of open source tools and services that containers can bring you - including a demo of some of my favorites.
- Using Docker containers for your .NET and Typescript development environments. Say goodbye to long on-boarding readme files, complicated "go scripts" or messing around with nvm to manage multiple node versions. This will include integration with JetBrains Rider, VS Code and Visual Studio IDEs
- Using docker compose to orchestrate multiple services and dependencies.

By the end of this talk, my hope is that most of you will hit Docker Hub instead of the install .exe or .dmg next time you need to install something!

Intended as 45 minute session.
Simple code examples will be shown using Dotnet and Typescript but content will be useful to any developer planning to develop under MacOs, Windows or Liniux