New Docker Desktop Filesharing Features
Channel: Docker
Date: 14/08/2020

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Developers need fast edit-compile-test cycles to maximise their productivity. Source code is often edited in an IDE on the Mac or Windows host and shared directly with containers where it can be executed. Since the containers are running in helper VMs, the files must be accessed remotely or copied, which can lead to performance problems, lengthening the edit-compile-test cycle and lowering developer productivity. In this talk I'll describe recent changes to Docker Desktop to make file sharing faster and more reliable. We have a completely new implementation on Windows which replaces CIFS / SMB and on Mac we have an integration of "mutagen" which performs automatic two-way synchronisation of source code and build artefacts. This talk will contain a deep dive into these new features and demonstrate how to use them effectively.

Speaker: Dave Scott, Docker
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