SMRTR ProgrammingFeb 26, 2026Daily.dev

Building the Perfect Docker Image for a Java app

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A webinar with BellSoft's Catherine Edelveis revealed practical techniques for optimizing Docker images for Java applications. Using a real Spring Boot demo app, she demonstrated how multi-stage builds, lightweight base images, JAR layering, and AOT caching can dramatically reduce image sizes and startup times without code changes.

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