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Stream API is a major feature introduced in Java 8. It provides convenient operations on collections.

Java 8 Features - Functional Interface, Lambda and Method Reference.

Spring Boot makes it easy to create production ready Spring-based applications.

Redis is an in-memory key-value store.

Docker Swarm provides clustering functionality for Docker Containers, which turns a group of Docker engines into a single virtual Docker engine.

Docker Machine is a tool for provisioning and managing your Dockerized hosts (hosts with Docker Engine on them).

Docker Compose is a tool for defining and running multi-container Docker applications.

Docker Networking

Docker Volume is the perfered way to persist data.

Dockerfile is a text file that contains instructions on how to build a custom image.

An Docker image is basically a big tarball containing a filesystem.

Learn how to work with Docker Container

Most common Docker commands.

Docker is a platform that manages application using containers. Docker packages application and its dependencies as a container. It also provide an intuitive interface for users to interact with Containers. Docker is widely used as a tool for application deployment.

curl - transfer data to and from the web. With curl you can easily interact with REST API.