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description: Language-specific guides overview
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title: Language-specific guides overview
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- /guides/walkthroughs/containerize-your-app/
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The language-specific guides walk you through the process of:
* Containerizing language-specific applications
* Setting up a development environment
* Configuring a CI/CD pipeline
* Deploying an application locally using Kubernetes

In addition to the language-specific modules, Docker documentation also provides guidelines to build images and efficiently manage your development environment. For more information, refer to the following topics:

* [Building best practices](/manuals/build/building/best-practices.md)
* [Build images with BuildKit](/manuals/build/buildkit/_index.md#getting-started)

## Language-specific guides

Learn how to containerize your applications and start developing using Docker. Choose one of the following languages to get started.

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    <div class="flex items-center flex-1 shadow p-4">
        <a href="/guides/language/nodejs/"><img class="m-auto rounded" src="/guides/language/images/nodejs.webp" alt="Develop with Node"></a>
    </div>
    <div class="flex items-center flex-1 shadow p-4">
        <a href="/guides/language/python/"><img class="m-auto rounded" src="/guides/language/images/python.webp" alt="Develop with Python"></a>
    </div>
    <div class="flex items-center flex-1 shadow p-4">
        <a href="/guides/language/r/"><img class="m-auto rounded" src="/guides/language/images/r.webp" alt="Develop with R"></a>
    </div>
    <div class="flex items-center flex-1 shadow p-4">
        <a href="/guides/language/java/"><img class="m-auto rounded" src="/guides/language/images/java.webp" alt="Develop with Java"></a>
    </div>
    <div class="flex items-center flex-1 shadow p-4">
        <a href="/guides/language/golang/"><img class="m-auto rounded" src="/guides/language/images/golang.webp" alt="Develop with Go"></a>
    </div>
    <div class="flex items-center flex-1 shadow p-4">
        <a href="/guides/language/dotnet/"><img class="m-auto rounded" src="/guides/language/images/c-sharp.webp" alt="Develop with C#"></a>
    </div>
    <div class="flex items-center flex-1 shadow p-4">
        <a href="/guides/language/cpp/"><img class="m-auto rounded" src="/guides/language/images/cpp.webp" alt="Develop with C++"></a>
    </div>
    <div class="flex items-center flex-1 shadow p-4">
        <a href="/guides/language/rust/"><img class="m-auto rounded" src="/guides/language/images/rust-logo.webp" alt="Develop with Rust"></a>
    </div>
    <div class="flex items-center flex-1 shadow p-4">
        <a href="/guides/language/php/"><img class="m-auto rounded" src="/guides/language/images/php-logo.webp" alt="Develop with PHP"></a>
    </div>
    <div class="flex items-center flex-1 shadow p-4">
        <a href="/guides/language/ruby/"><img class="m-auto rounded" src="/guides/language/images/ruby-on-rails.webp" alt="Develop with Ruby"></a>
    </div>
</div>