Developing for OpenShift

Developing applications on OpenShift is about more than just writing code; it’s about understanding the developer-focused tools and workflows that make the platform more straightforward to use daily. While previous chapters introduced OpenShift’s architecture and platform capabilities, this chapter takes a closer look at the developer’s perspective.

Here, we’ll focus on how you, as a developer, can interact with OpenShift in practical ways. We’ll begin by exploring access methods, including the oc CLI, the developer-oriented odo CLI, and the web-based Developer Console. From there, we’ll look at the image ecosystem – registries, image streams, and builds – that form the foundation of application development and deployment.

We’ll also explore how Source-to-Image (S2I) accelerates your workflow by turning source code directly into runnable container images, and how ConfigMaps and Secrets...