Learning Path

Use this page to move through FluentDocker in layers, from simple to advanced.

Start Here (First 30 Minutes)

1. Install and verify prerequisites
2. Run your first container
3. Add one wait strategy
4. Review cleanup and exception basics

If this is your first time with FluentDocker, finish the four steps above before opening architecture or extensibility docs.

Layer 1: Core Usage

Goal	Read
Understand kernel + builder basics	Getting Started
Create and run containers	Containers
Run multi-service apps	Docker Compose
Persist or mount data	Volumes

Layer 2: Common Production/Test Patterns

Goal	Read
Isolated service networking	Networking
Build custom images	Images
Write test resources and fixtures	Testing
Use helper APIs and diagnostics helpers	Utilities
Handle failures predictably	Error Handling

Layer 3: Advanced Internals and Customization

Goal	Read
Understand driver/kernel design decisions	Architecture
Build driver-specific extensions	Driver Extensibility
Upgrade existing v2 codebases	Migration Guide

Suggested Reading Plans

Application Developer

1. Getting Started
2. Containers
3. Compose
4. Volumes
5. Error Handling

Test Engineer

1. Getting Started
2. Testing
3. Test Categories
4. Compose
5. Networking

Platform/Library Engineer

1. Getting Started
2. Architecture
3. Driver Extensibility
4. Error Handling
5. Migration Guide