Introducing Jib — Build Java Docker images better
I'm a Docker noob and I haven't shipped Java in ten years, and I find that this article leaves the main question unanswered: <i>what happened to just building a JAR?</i><p>When I read that sentence, I assumed that it must be something about controlling the JVM parameters and version, or the ability to include certain system tools or imagemagick type of CLI thingos, but then as the article goes on, I see none of that. None of the things that, to my uninitiated mind, give Docker an edge over building a plain old JAR.<p>So why? Why is it necessary / a good idea to Dockerize a Java app? Can anyone help me out?