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With Kubernetes, users don't have to worry about which specific machine in their data center their application is running on. Each layer in their application is decoupled from other layers so they can scale, update, and maintain them independently.

Kubernetes in Action teaches developers how to use Kubernetes to…


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3 authors picked Kubernetes in Action as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Kubernetes is the go-to tool for orchestrating a landscape of cooperating microservices, making it a crucial skill to master.

This book guided me through Kubernetes, from the basics, such as pods, services, and deployments, to more advanced topics, like its inner workings and auto-scaling resources. What I particularly appreciate is the balance between theory and practical examples, reinforced by exercises with GitHub-hosted source code, which I also found helpful as a starting point for building real-world applications.

Whether you like it or not, you probably have to use Kubernetes these days, and this is my favorite book for learning it. It covers absolutely everything you need to know, starting with a basic intro to Docker and going deeper and deeper, all the way to Kubernetes internals.

I also liked the organization of the book, which makes it easy to skip to the parts you need, and the way the book shows the depth and breadth of everything Kubernetes does (deployment, monitoring, config management, secrets management, service discovery, volumes, SSH access, and much more), and how this is…

This book captivated me with its thorough breakdown of Kubernetes core components like pods, services, and deployments.

I appreciated how the authors presented these advanced topics in a way that would make sense to anyone, really enhancing my ability to integrate Kubernetes into a development workflow and gain a new point of view on scalability, deployment speed, etc.

What truly sets this book apart for me, however, is its remarkable balance between theoretical insights and practical application, as this is the key balance when aiming to learn something new. I was particularly impressed by the hands-on examples that prepare you,…

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