Lab: Container-Supported Development

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• Launch the lab
• What you'll learn
• Modules

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Use containers to run the services your app depends on — databases, caches, message queues — without installing anything locally. This lab walks through running PostgreSQL in a container, writing a compose.yaml your whole team can share, and adding a pgAdmin visualizer to the dev stack.

Launch the lab

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What you'll learn

By the end of this Labspace, you will have completed the following:

• Run a PostgreSQL database in a container with no local installation
• Use bind mounts to seed a database with schema and initial data at startup
• Write a compose.yaml that codifies the entire dev stack for the team
• Add a pgAdmin container to visualize and inspect the database
• Understand how containerized dev stacks reduce onboarding time and environment drift

Modules

#	Module	Description
1	Introduction	Meet the sample app and understand the container-supported development approach
2	Running a Containerized Database	Start PostgreSQL, connect the app, and seed the database using bind mounts
3	Making Life Easier with Compose	Replace docker run commands with a shared compose.yaml
4	Adding Dev Tools	Add pgAdmin to the Compose stack for database visualization
5	Recap	Review key takeaways and explore related guides