As software becomes a more essential part of everyday life, the speed of developing and deploying software has become critical. Automating common processing such as building, testing, and deploying software allows developers to build high-quality software quickly. This comprehensive course equips developers and DevOps specalists with essential skills to build and automate DevOps Pipelines. Through hands-on labs using industry standard toos such as GitLab, you'll master the process of designing and implementing CI/CD pipelines. By course completion, you'll confidently analyze applications to implement CI/CD pipelines that save developers time and increase software quality. If you're a software developer, DevOps engineer, or someone just starting in the software development space, this course is for you! Learn the essentials of CI/CD and improve your application development process today.
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What you'll learn
Configure CI/CD pipelines, jobs, and runners to automate and manage the build, test, and deploy stages of a DevOps development cycle.
Design GitLab pipeline workflows that streamline application builds, automate testing, and improve code quality and security.
Evaluate and compare deployment strategies to determine the most effective approach for different types of applications and environments.
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There are 3 modules in this course
This module introduces the concept of CI/CD, as well as some of the core components contained in every CI/CD process. You'll also explore the general flow that GitLab uses to integrate CI/CD pipelines into your projects, allowing you to use CI/CD in both old and new codebases.
What's included
4 videos2 readings1 peer review
This module focuses on building CI tasks into your CI/CD pipelines. We'll start by looking at integrating various different types of tests into CI/CD jobs. Next, we'll look at the process of generating builds, finishing off with security testing startegies with SAST scanning.
What's included
3 videos1 reading1 peer review
This module focuses primarily on the CD portion of CI/CD pipelines. Leaners will understand and apply a variety of deployment strategies to their CI/CD pipelines. This will allow them to integrate a complete pipeline, with test, build, and deploy stages.
What's included
4 videos1 reading1 assignment2 peer reviews
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