Docker Compose — Compose Development

Optimize your development workflow with Compose — hot reload, watch mode, debugging, and override files.

What You Will Learn

#	Topic	Description
1	Compose Watch	Auto-rebuild on file changes
2	Hot Reload & Bind Mounts	Live code updates
3	Debugging with Compose	Debugger configuration
4	Override Files	Dev vs prod configuration
5	Multi-File Compose	Combining multiple compose files
6	Practice Exercises	Hands-on challenges

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Development vs Production

Development:                     Production:
  ├── Source mounted (bind)        ├── Code baked into image
  ├── Debug ports open             ├── No debug access
  ├── Hot reload enabled           ├── Optimized builds
  ├── Dev tools included           ├── Minimal image
  └── compose.override.yml         └── compose.prod.yml