The job to be done
How does DevDock help with docker-heavy development?
See service health, published ports, resource snapshots, and host-versus-container commands without memorizing Compose syntax.
The Today view surfaces recent projects and saved daily workflows. Inside a project, DevDock connects registered folders, detected technologies, Docker and Git state, database operations, local security findings, and the actions you use to get back to work.
Recommended path
Review the workspace
See its folders, health, saved commands, and recent activity from one overview.
DevDock keeps the project, registered folder, working directory, execution target, and retained output connected so the same task remains understandable later.
Capabilities involved
The parts of DevDock used here.
Related manual
Docker and Compose workflows
Connect Compose discovery, runtime health, host-versus-container execution, and safe daily environments into one repeatable DevDock workflow.
Its sections cover prepare the compose project, how compose discovery works, read docker health in context, configure non-standard file sets, choose host or container execution, build a repeatable development environment, understand safety limits and recovery. Use it when you are ready to reproduce this workflow with your own project data.
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Questions about this use case.
How does DevDock help with docker-heavy development?
See service health, published ports, resource snapshots, and host-versus-container commands without memorizing Compose syntax. The recommended path starts with review the workspace and uses project health, daily workflow, command history.
Does DevDock replace the terminal?
No. It provides a repeatable control surface for common project workflows and can still open a registered folder in a terminal, Visual Studio Code, or File Explorer.
Does project detection run repository code?
No. Detection reads a bounded set of manifests and marker files. It does not execute package managers, build tools, project scripts, or network requests.