Antonio Zapater: Deploying Delphi Applications with Docker

Antonio Zapater, pre-sales consultant at Embarcadero with 15 years of Delphi experience, walks through the essentials of Docker and how it fits into modern Delphi development. From containers vs. virtual machines to building and deploying your first Delphi application inside a Docker image, this session covers the full workflow using WSL on Windows, including a live demo. Antonio also touches on CI/CD integration, microservices architecture with Delphi, and answers practical questions about image management, container updates, and Docker Desktop alternatives.

Timelapse:
0:00 Introduction and session overview
1:59 Agenda: Docker basics, demo and CI/CD
2:14 What is Docker?
2:37 VCL applications in Docker using Wine
3:40 Docker benefits: consistent, isolated, scalable
4:09 Why Delphi is perfect for microservices
4:22 VMs vs containers explained
6:28 Core Docker terminology: image, container, Dockerfile, registry, Compose
8:24 Docker Compose: orchestrating multiple containers
9:14 Dockerfile walkthrough
9:59 Port mapping in Docker
14:24 Why Delphi beats Java and .NET for Docker image size
17:35 Container size comparison: Delphi vs Go, Rust, Java, .NET
19:41 Sample Dockerfile for a Delphi application
21:59 WSL + Delphi post-build event integration
23:12 PA Server for Linux cross-compilation
23:47 Demo: building and running the Delphi Docker image
33:33 Demo: 28.9 MB image running in detached mode
37:58 Automating build, tag and push to Docker Hub
38:39 CI/CD with GitHub Actions and self-hosted runners
43:27 Docker Compose demo: app + PostgreSQL database
46:37 Kubernetes vs Docker Swarm
48:15 Docker Compose for small and mid-size deployments
55:58 Q&A: containers, updates and Docker Desktop alternatives

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