Red Hat OpenShift abstracts the complexities of Kubernetes, allowing developers to focus on coding rather than managing infrastructure. Let's explore that process a little, hands on.

OpenShift supports a build-once, deploy-anywhere model. For developers, this means that instead of developing with tools like Podman, Docker Compose etc, we can run a lightweight version of OpenShift on our laptops, or use a developer sandbox in the cloud, which ensures that what we developed will work in production, no surprises.

It also offers pre-created app templates and source-to-image (S2I) builds, which means in many cases we don't even have to worry about writing Dockerfiles.

We will explore some of the many OpenShift dev tools, including IDE integration, pre-architected templates, continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipelines, and OpenShift Lightspeed, your AI powered virtual assistant.

Overall, OpenShift enhances developer productivity by providing a more streamlined, secure, and scalable environment compared to other Kubernetes distributions.