Development Environment

Learning paths

• DevOps and cloud (14 steps)

  Go from the Linux shell and Git to containers, automated delivery, infrastructure as code and Kubernetes, building the habits that keep software shipping reliably.

Curated Resources (41)

Tools (10)

• Visual Studio Code code.visualstudio.comfree

  Extensible source-code editor developed by Microsoft supporting debugging, task running, and version control.

• Docker docker.comfreemium

  Containerization platform enabling developers to package applications and dependencies into standardized development environments.

• Neovim neovim.iofree

  Hyperextensible Vim-based text editor built for high configurability, modern Lua scripting, and language server protocol integration.

• JetBrains Toolbox & IDEs jetbrains.comfreemium

  Suite of specialized integrated development environments including IntelliJ IDEA, PyCharm, and WebStorm for multi-language development.

• NVIDIA Container Toolkit github.comfree

  Libraries and utilities that let Docker and other container runtimes access NVIDIA GPUs, used for running machine learning and compute workloads in containers.

• Quay.io quay.iofreemium

  Hosted container registry for building, storing and distributing container images, with free public repositories and security scanning of stored images.

• Distribution github.comfree

  Open source implementation of a container registry server and toolkit for storing and serving OCI and Docker images, used as the basis of many registries.

• docker-gen github.comfree

  Open source utility that renders configuration files from templates using Docker container metadata, commonly used to drive reverse proxies such as nginx.

• runc github.comfree

  Command-line tool that spawns and runs containers according to the OCI runtime specification, serving as the low-level runtime beneath Docker and other platforms.

• Podman docs.podman.iofree

  Daemonless open source container engine for building, running and managing OCI containers and pods, offering a Docker-compatible command line.

Databases (4)

• Docker Hub hub.docker.comfreemium

  World's largest repository and registry database of container images for development environments and application runtimes.

• Nixpkgs Package Database search.nixos.orgfree

  Searchable database and package collection for the reproducible Nix package manager containing over 100,000 software packages.

• VS Code Marketplace marketplace.visualstudio.comfree

  Official public registry and database of editor extensions, snippets, and environment integrations for Visual Studio Code.

• Artifact Hub artifacthub.iofree

  Open-source repository database for finding, installing, and publishing cloud-native packages, container tools, and Helm charts.

Learn (16)

• The Missing Semester of Your CS Education missing.csail.mit.edufree

  Free practical computer science course by MIT teaching shell tools, editors, version control, and computing environment mastery.

• Development Container Specification containers.devfree

  Open specification defining how to configure and enrich containerized developer environments across varied tools and platforms.

• Nix Learning Guides nix.devfree

  Official tutorials and beginner-friendly guides for configuring reproducible development environments and shells with Nix.

• Terraform Best Practices on Google Cloud docs.cloud.google.comfree

  Google Cloud guide to structuring and styling Terraform configurations, covering module layout, naming and conventions for teams managing infrastructure as code.

• Docker Internals docker-saigon.github.iofree

  Long-form technical explainer of how Docker builds on Linux kernel features such as namespaces, cgroups, layered storage and networking, for engineers who want to understand containers in depth.

• Docker Docs docs.docker.comfree

  Official Docker documentation with manuals, guides and references for building, running and networking containers with Docker Engine, Compose and related tools.

• Rubber Docker github.comfree

  Hands-on workshop that guides participants through rebuilding a minimal Docker-like container runtime in Python to learn the Linux primitives behind containers.

• QEMU Documentation qemu.orgfree

  Official documentation for QEMU, the open-source machine emulator and virtualiser, covering system emulation, invocation options and device configuration.

• Terraform Documentation developer.hashicorp.comfree

  Official documentation for Terraform, covering infrastructure as code, providers, state and modules.

• GitHub Actions Documentation docs.github.comfree

  Official guide to automating builds, tests and deployments with GitHub Actions workflows.

• GitLab CI/CD Documentation docs.gitlab.comfree

  Official documentation for GitLab CI/CD pipelines, jobs, runners and deployment environments.

• Docker Get Started docs.docker.comfree

  Official hands-on introduction to containers with Docker, from building images to running multi-container apps.

• DevOps Beginner Roadmap (roadmap.sh) roadmap.shfree

  Interactive roadmap on a first path into DevOps: topics laid out in a suggested study order, each linking to further reading.

• DevOps Roadmap (roadmap.sh) roadmap.shfree

  Interactive roadmap on DevOps and site reliability engineering: topics laid out in a suggested study order, each linking to further reading.

• Docker Roadmap (roadmap.sh) roadmap.shfree

  Interactive roadmap on containers with Docker: topics laid out in a suggested study order, each linking to further reading.

• Terraform Roadmap (roadmap.sh) roadmap.shfree

  Interactive roadmap on infrastructure as code with Terraform: topics laid out in a suggested study order, each linking to further reading.

Publications (3)

• IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering ieeexplore.ieee.orgpaid

  Archival peer-reviewed journal publishing research on software engineering methodologies, tools, and developer environments.

• ACM Queue queue.acm.orgfree

  Practitioner magazine publishing insightful articles on developer experience, tooling infrastructure, and workplace environments.

• LWN.net lwn.netfreemium

  Reader-supported weekly news publication delivering in-depth technical reporting on Linux, developer toolchains, and kernel infrastructure.

Blogs and sites (5)

• Uses This usesthis.comfree

  Interviews with developers, creators, and engineers about the hardware, software tools, and development setups they use.

• LWN.net Development Articles lwn.netfreemium

  Comprehensive reporting and commentary on developer environments, compilers, toolchains, and open-source system software.

• Martin Fowler's Bliki martinfowler.comfree

  Essays and design insights covering continuous delivery, local developer environment setups, and tool hygiene.

• Open Container Initiative opencontainers.orgfree

  Linux Foundation project that maintains open industry specifications for container image formats, runtimes and distribution, with documentation of each standard.

• Docker Blog docker.comfree

  Company blog publishing product announcements, tutorials and engineering articles about containers, Docker tooling and developer workflows.

Events and conferences (3)

• FOSDEM fosdem.orgfree

  Free annual event for software developers to meet, share ideas, and collaborate on open-source toolchains and developer environments.

• VimConf vimconf.orgpaid

  Annual international community conference dedicated to Vim, Neovim, text editing workflows, and modal developer tools.

• KubeCon + CloudNativeCon events.linuxfoundation.orgpaid

  Flagship conference of the Cloud Native Computing Foundation covering container infrastructure and cloud developer environments.

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