Practical CI/CD: Docker, GitHub Actions, and GitOps

Are manual deployments slowing down your development cycle and introducing errors? Understanding modern software delivery practices is crucial for efficient and reliable application deployment. This course provides a foundational understanding of Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD), enabling you to automate your deployment workflows from code commit to production with confidence. You will gain the skills to design, implement, and manage robust CI/CD pipelines using industry-standard tools and practices. What you'll learn: Understand the core principles and benefits of Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery. Learn to containerize applications using Docker for consistent build and deployment environments. Implement automated build, test, and deployment pipelines with GitHub Actions. Apply GitOps principles for declarative infrastructure and application management using ArgoCD. Practice integrating basic security scanning and quality gates into your CI/CD workflows. Configure strategies for managing application configurations and secrets within pipelines. The course begins with essential CI/CD concepts and gradually progresses to practical implementation. You will read about setting up containerized environments, configuring automated workflows, and managing deployments declaratively. This course is designed for aspiring developers, operations professionals, and anyone new to CI/CD who wants to learn how to automate software delivery. No prior experience with CI/CD tools or practices is required. Start your journey towards automated, reliable software deployments today.