RV.NUG - Improve your .NET developer workflow with Docker and Visual Studio Code

Presented by Sidney Andrews

As of .NET 5, Microsoft has made it much easier to use Docker containers to standardize your developer workspace, your integration test environment, or even your production host. Have you ever onboarded a new employee and wished you could have their environment pre-configured? Have you ever run integration tests and wished you could ensure your dev and test environments perfectly match? Have you ever wanted to throw away and rebuild your dev environment at a moment’s notice? Have you ever wanted to develop from a mobile device with the same tools as your primary computer?

This talk digs deeply into the Visual Studio Code Remote Containers feature and how to use a Docker container (or containers) to create an ideal dev environment. We also cover how to build and manage .NET Docker containers that you can use in a devcontainer file. We even look at how premium services like GitHub Codespaces use this technology.

Sidney Andrews is a native of Richmond, VA, an Azure MVP, and a Microsoft Certified Trainer. Sidney has authored multiple Azure courses on Microsoft Learn, edX, and official Microsoft courseware. Lately, Sidney has focused on developer topics such as containers in Azure, Cosmos DB, .NET 6, and architectural design on Azure. Sidney likes to find ways to open-source training on Azure and .NET topics for the broader technical community in his spare time.