The reason why developers are so enthusiastic about Docker is, for one thing, virtualenv does not actually isolate all of the application’s dependencies, you still need to install system packages in order for the pip packages to work a good example is psycopg. It can be for better or worse, the only way to truly isolate and reproduce running environments is to take the whole stack into account, including the OS and its packages. For these problems, Docker is developing into a pretty good solution, but it is not perfect yet. If you are looking for Docker then I would suggest you must take up the following Docker Training Course. I am also mentioning a video tutorial for you which you must watch to learn more about it. .