Introduction to Multi-Stage Image Build for Python

This repo provides the code examples for this medium article. This includes the following three builds:

• Dockerfile.base - baseline image using the defult Python 3.10 image (python:3.10)
• Dockerfile.slim - using the Python 3.10 slim image (python:3.10-slim)
• Dockerfile.multi-stage - example for multi-stage build

VScode Settings

This repo has Dev Containers setting to test the tutorial builds. See the .devcontainer/devcontainer.json file for more details.

Resources

Additional resources for setting a Python development environment with VScode and the Dev Containers extension:

• Multi-Stage Builds: https://docs.docker.com/build/building/multi-stage/
• Setting A Dockerized Python Environment — The Elegant Way - https://medium.com/p/f716ef85571d
• Setting A Dockerized Python Environment — The Hard Way - https://towardsdatascience.com/setting-a-dockerized-python-environment-the-hard-way-e62531bca7a0

License

This tutorial is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.