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Docker recently changed their download mechanism, which prevented users from downloading the Community Edition without log in. In my opinion, the registration and login should be an optional step instead of a mandatory field. Hence I am listing the download link for Mac OS and Windows OS that allows downloading the Docker Community Edition without having to register an account with login. Mac OS: https://download.docker.com/mac/stable/Docker.dmg Windows OS: https://download.docker.com/win/stable/Docker%20for%20Windows%20Installer.exe

About this blog A brief reason for writing this blog. I am a server side http api / web developer predominantly using JVM based languages. Recently I started using Kotlin programming language (developed by JetBrains) with Spring Boot Framework on AWS cloud to build an enterprise solution (including both API and small web portal for internal Admins) to serve data for the mobile apps. I loved Kotlin as a programming language for Server Side development. So I was curious to explore Ktor Framework (developed and sponsored by JetBrains) for Server Side Web Development (API & Webpages). Hence I created a sample repository in Git Hub to play with Ktor Framework to experiment with various enterprise grade features offered by Ktor Framework. Please read this blog in conjuction with my Kotlin repository available at https://github.com/harishkannarao/kotlin High Level Components Diagram API The API development was very very simple with Jackson / Google GSON integration. The