No more Dockerfile with Jib + Spring Boot plugin

Are you still using a Dockerfile to build your application's Docker image?

Don't waste your effort any longer by using the Jib and Spring Boot plugins to generate the image for you. You'll use less storage and save time thanks to layering support. In this video you'll see a comparison of how both options work in a Java project built with Gradle.

▶️ Introduction 0:00
▶️ Problem building Docker images 0:55
▶️ Faster Docker images builds with layering 2:23
▶️ Layering in Spring Boot jar files 4:15
▶️ Building Docker images with Jib 5:56
▶️ Building Docker images with Spring Boot plugin 9:19
▶️ Final thoughts 11:33

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Spring Boot Gradle plugin docs https://docs.spring.io/spring-boot/do...

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