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The easiest way to use Docker on your Mac

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Re: The easiest way to use Docker on your Mac

#3

Post by mmattax »

I wanted to use Kitematic as a way to get our non-CLI savvy designers up and running with our software stack on docker. They key feature missing IMO is the ability to "open" a docker-compose.yml file.

I want the ability for a designer to select "file open" and then select the docker-compose.yml file to "launch" our stack.

Without that, it seems like you still need to rely on the docker-cli to build images from a Dockerfile.

Re: The easiest way to use Docker on your Mac

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Post by StefanKarpinski »

This landing page fails the "what is it?" test. Seems like I might want this since it involves Docker and Macs, but I still don't know what it is. Yes, there's a video, but you should not have to watch a video to know what something is; worse still, the video doesn't even tell you what Kitematic is – it just tells you that it "helps you get started with Docker". Ok...

Re: The easiest way to use Docker on your Mac

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Post by zxcvcxz »

mmattax wrote: post #3

I wanted to use Kitematic as a way to get our non-CLI savvy designers up and running with our software stack on docker. They key feature missing IMO is the ability to "open" a docker-compose.yml file. I want the ability for a designer to select "file open" and then select the docker-compose.yml file to "launch" our stack. Without that, it seems like you still need to rely on the docker-cli to build images from a Dock…

Why can't they use the command line at all?

My first job was at a call center where we trained literally anyone who applied to use command line DOS to take orders for sausage over the phone. This took three days to teach these people how to navigate a pretty extensive CLI interface. Many of them were highschool dropouts with GEDs. If they even attempted to use the mouse the computer would lock up. We had virtually zero issues.

It's astonishing that some people refuse to even open a terminal.

Re: The easiest way to use Docker on your Mac

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Post by wiremine »

StefanKarpinski wrote: post #6

This landing page fails the "what is it?" test. Seems like I might want this since it involves Docker and Macs, but I still don't know what it is. Yes, there's a video, but you should not have to watch a video to know what something is; worse still, the video doesn't even tell you what Kitematic is – it just tells you that it "helps you get started with Docker". Ok...

I disagree: it was clear to me it was a GUI tool to manage and run containers on my mac.
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