I love the .NET world. But for me, it always felt strange that you can run your code only inside Windows ecosystem. But now, with .NET Core, you can develop and run .NET application on Linux. Now you can use all the benefits of the Linux platform. One of such benefits is the ability to use Docker natively. Now all major cloud services offer direct Docker containers deploy. It means you shouldn't worry about dependencies and software versions - everything is inside your container . That's why I decided to learn about Docker and share it with you here. In this tutorial, you will learn what are ASP.NET Core and Docker, and how to use them together. ASP.NET Core What is ASP.NET Core? Microsoft defines ASP.NET Core as: ASP.NET Core is a cross-platform, high-performance, open-source framework for building modern, cloud-based, Internet-connected applications. What about .NET Core? NET Core is a framework that supports ASP.NET. It is a cross-platform, open-sourc