Docker is a platform for packaging, deploying, and running applications in containers. These containers are a convenient way to run an application, such as JThermodynamics, on any system that supports the platform such as a developer’s laptop, systems on “on-prem,” or in the cloud without modification. Images, the packages Docker uses for applications, are truly cross-platform. The packaged system is installed without the difficulty the user installing the individual software packages needed to run the application as a whole.
The prerequisite for using the docker containers of JThermodynamics is the installation of the docker system. This can be found on the docker site.