Automating CI/CD Pipelines with GitHub Actions and Jenkins

Modern software development relies on continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) to deliver updates quickly and reliably. If you want to understand how code moves from a developer's environment to a live server, mastering automated pipelines is the essential first step. This text-based course guides you through the foundational concepts of DevOps and automation. You will start by learning the core terminology of CI/CD before progressing to practical, written exercises where you configure workflows using industry-standard tools like GitHub Actions and Jenkins. By the end of this journey, you will know how to structure automated testing, packaging, and deployment processes that align with modern infrastructure practices. What you'll learn: - Understand the fundamental terminology and principles of continuous integration and deployment. - Configure automated build and test workflows using GitHub Actions. - Set up and manage reliable deployment pipelines with Jenkins. - Apply container fundamentals using Docker to package and isolate applications. - Explore basic orchestration concepts with Kubernetes to understand modern deployment targets. - Implement foundational observability practices to monitor pipeline health and deployment success. The curriculum flows logically from basic DevOps definitions to practical pipeline configuration, ensuring you build a solid mental model before writing pipeline code. Through clear written explanations and structured code snippets, you will gradually assemble a complete automated deployment strategy. This course is designed for complete beginners, aspiring developers, and future DevOps engineers with no prior experience in pipeline automation required. Start reading today and take your first step toward mastering automated software delivery.