Prior posts on the topic of Docker and using Python with it are as follows.

Please note older posts may not reflect what I now regard as best practice, or may talk about Docker images which I have superseded with new alternate images.

This batch of posts looks at how to properly use Python inside of a Docker image:

This batch of posts looks at running Python web applications inside of a Docker container:

This batch of posts was an exploration of all sorts of issues that arise in trying to run an application within Docker, using the Jupyter Notebook (IPython) application as an example: