Samarth Deyagond

While I adored this course, I think that the title "Docker for beginners" is a bit misleading. - The course assumes prior sysadmin experience. (Example: Knowing what an environment variable is.) This my preference, but for beginner sysadmins, it might make certain things difficult to understand without even a brief explanation. - The focus is much more on Dockerfile than Docker CLI. As far as Dockerfile goes, I consider this the definitive introductory course for it on Udemy. Pros: - Teacher gets to the point and doesn't over-explain concepts. - Most of the videos are high quality. - Videos are organized well for the most part. Cons: - A few of the lectures, like "Understanding HEALTHCHECK" and "Understanding STOPSIGNAL", have terrible audio quality because the teacher is popping into the microphone. There are some parts of STOPSIGNAL where I can't understand which SIG he's referring to because there's too much popping. - Since so much of the course is centered around Dockerfile, it's a bit jarring to jump into the CLI without the use of Dockerfile during the discussion about persistent storage, then again when he discusses networking. (Can storage and networks not be managed with Dockerfile similar to a Docker Compose file? If not, then it's helpful to explain that.) - If you want to learn Docker CLI or Docker Compose, I'd recommend starting with a different course. Overall, fabulous course. Thank you for posting it.
- Review by Mary B. on Docker for beginners