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Kubernetes for Developers

By : Joseph Heck
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Kubernetes for Developers

By: Joseph Heck

Overview of this book

Kubernetes is documented and typically approached from the perspective of someone running software that has already been built. Kubernetes may also be used to enhance the development process, enabling more consistent testing and analysis of code to help developers verify not only its correctness, but also its efficiency. This book introduces key Kubernetes concepts, coupled with examples of how to deploy and use them with a bit of Node.js and Python example code, so that you can quickly replicate and use that knowledge. You will begin by setting up Kubernetes to help you develop and package your code. We walk you through the setup and installation process before working with Kubernetes in the development environment. We then delve into concepts such as automating your build process, autonomic computing, debugging, and integration testing. This book covers all the concepts required for a developer to work with Kubernetes. By the end of this book, you will be in a position to use Kubernetes in development ecosystems.
Table of Contents (16 chapters)
Title Page
Packt Upsell
Contributors
Preface
Index

Emerging projects for developers


Looking at alternatives to help the development process that uses Kubernetes starts to expose a large number of projects in development. While writing this book, Kubernetes advanced from version 1.7 to the beta release of Kubernetes v1.10. At the same time, a large number of projects have started to establish themselves around Kubernetes, working to help smooth some of the rough edges around using Kubernetes actively in a development workflow.

Linters

In the previous section, we were talking about missing components that can't be pre-validated by Kubernetes, but which we can look for ourselves. Three projects that are related to validation are kubeval, kube-lint, and kubetest, described here:

kubeval was created by Gareth Rushgrove to validate manifests and configuration files before attempting to apply them. This tool can be extremely handy in double-checking your work when you're creating manifests from your own...