• THARA D K
• Bhoomika T N

The advent of cloud computing and Infrastructure-as-Code enabled with open-source technologies like Docker has revolutionized the world of software development. Still, the human-centric aspect of Docker development is understudied. In this work, we investigated the experiences and difficulties of developers as they compose Dockerfiles and docker-compose.yml files. By conducting an online survey among 68 graduate students and 120 professional developers, we learned that most of the developers consider Dockerfile composition as time-consuming with a higher burden for beginners. Solutions to problems are often by tweaking and testing, and many developers do not use supportive tools. These findings urge for consideration of human factors in Docker development and manifest potential directions for improving supportive tools. Fathoming developer perspectives may result in a more seamless user adoption and utilization of containerization technologies in software development.

Docker, docker-compose, orchestration, cloud computing, survey.

"Survey on Dockerfile and DockerCompose Development Challenges", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.11, Issue 4, page no.k60-k64, April-2024, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2404A11.pdf

"Survey on Dockerfile and DockerCompose Development Challenges", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.11, Issue 4, page no. ppk60-k64, April-2024, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2404A11.pdf