I never said the web was for websites only, that's just something you are believing I said yourself. What I said was and listen carefully, you might just learn something, even at your grand age. A sensible approach is to initially analyse what it is you are producing/creating and if you are doing this in a stand-alone environment or one which requires you to work in a group.
If you work in a group Docker is the perfect option/solution, why wouldnt it be, everyone is singing from the same hymn sheet, you may even have access to a dedicated IT department which can help with set-up issues. Git is the perfect option, why wouldnt it be if you are sharing files with a group of others developers etc
What provokes me to post is when people like yourself just use something because its available and use it without much apparent fore-thought. These more advanced technical approaches are consistently derived from website developers that push out websites and applications that cost multi-thousands of pounds to produce and generally by teams of developers, the servers are getting hit thousands of times a minute i.e., facebook, google, instagram etc. A number of tech orientated developers, who are only producing half a dozen 10 page websites a year then gravitate towards deploying such over the top workflows for their 'small' situation, effectively using a sledgehammer approach to crack a nut.
The OP said themselves, they only have a $20.00 budget, is a student, probably knows just enough html, css to be dangerous, has only a week to produce a website and you're suggesting they hop onto a workflow such as Docker, which without a progam such as Wappler, which professes to make it easy to deploy, would probably mean they would have to resort to using the command line /terminal to create a Docker environment and containers.
Im just being realistic in my approach and what I think would be suitable approach for others in a similar situation to that of my own. I don't produce apps, or though some developers refer to websites as apps these days to further obsure what the hell is happening. I produce simple websites as an independent, stand-alone developer, which for the most part sell products and for anyone who does the same they don't need all the extra shite and baggage.
Its not a rant at you or about you its a rant at the mis-conception which is being sold these days by anyone and everyone who just wants to make money out of the gullible. Have you read about how many web-developers are become depressed, burnt-out, dis-illusioned and dis-orientated purely as a result of having no idea what they should be learning and what approach they should be taking, go take a look, so much for modern technology!
Its ok for you and me, we are just 'playing' at this for the most part these days, for something to do. I feel for those that are in a different situation and are on a daily basis being bombarded with yet another workflow that they should consider using. Its insane and in a lot of cases its overkill.
Incidentally how many applications have you created to date? A big fat zero is my thought because most clients do not have the budget to produce applications which are beyond a website, unless you work in an environment that expressively targets a much higher quality of client. For that you would need a sales force and a team of developers who specialise. For the majority of companies that isnt going to be the situation, they do just want the 'petty' website you cite, which granted I agree with you, doesnt do much, other than act as a bit of PR, yet they feel compelled for it to be there.
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