Docker is an open-source platform that allows developers to build, package, and run applications in containers, providing an efficient and consistent way to move software between development, testing, and production environments. Containers are lightweight, portable, and isolate applications from their environment, making them easier to manage and deploy.

Keeping all the config data and the actual stored data away from the main OS drive makes for a headache free upgrade path when you accidentally kill your server, and you will kill the server at some point.

Once you’ve installed the Operating System on your laptop we need to secure it so it’s not so easy for someone to get into your data.

This week I’ve been working on getting my development environment working again and adding the games I made last year to my Itch.io Page.

When you’re just starting out with MonoGame programming on Linux it can be quite daunting especially if you’ve only ever used Visual Studio to create your projects, in this post I will give you a script that will get your project started so you can stop worrying about setting up your project and just get on with it. It all starts with a new script To get started we need to create a new bash script in your bin folder:-