Optional tools

In addition to kubectl, minikube, and docker, you may want to take advantage of additional helpful libraries and command-line tools.

jq is a command-line JSON processor that makes it easy to parse results in more complex data structures. I would describe it as grep's cousin that's better at dealing with JSON results. You can install jq by following the instructions at https://stedolan.github.io/jq/download/. More details on what jq does and how to use it can also be found at https://stedolan.github.io/jq/manual/.

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