Useful Docker recipes for Python

Docker and containers in general are such a vast topic that it is impossible to cover them in one short section of this book. Thanks to Compose, it is really easy to start working with Docker without knowing a lot about how it works internally. If you're new to Docker, you'll have to eventually slow down a bit, take the Docker documentation, and read it thoughtfully in order to use it efficiently and overcome some of the problems that are inevitable.

The following are some quick tips and recipes that allow you to defer that moment and solve most of the common problems that you may have to deal with sooner or later.