What s the best approach for managing different environments dev staging prod with Docker

What’s the best approach for managing different environments (dev, staging, prod) with Docker?

This question talks about how to manage a whole lot of different application environments for development, staging, and production is difficult with various configurations and resources. Best practices for using Docker manage different environments. More especially, how can one manage a lot of different settings and dependencies using Docker Compose, Dockerfiles, and environment-specific configuration files? How can one avoid probable errors in these environments while ensuring consistency?