DevOps is the cultural and technical practice of shipping software faster and more reliably. This course covers the core tools and patterns: version control, containers, continuous integration, and continuous delivery. Together they form the production backbone of modern software teams.
You’ll learn enough Git, Docker, and GitHub Actions to be productive on any team using these tools. Every example is grounded in real-world workflows, not academic exercises.
What you’ll learn
- The DevOps mindset and how it differs from traditional dev/ops separation
- Git fundamentals: branches, merges, pull requests, and collaboration patterns
- Containers with Docker: building images, running containers, multi-service apps
- CI/CD pipelines: automated tests, builds, and deployments with GitHub Actions
- Deployment strategies: rolling, blue-green, canary, and how to choose
Who is this for
Aimed at developers who want to ship faster, sysadmins moving toward automation, and engineering managers who want a working understanding of modern delivery practices. Existing teams adopting DevOps will find practical patterns to copy.
Prerequisites
- Comfort with the command line at a basic level
- Familiarity with at least one programming language
- A GitHub account (free) for the hands-on exercises
Course outcomes
By the end you can set up a working CI/CD pipeline for a real project, containerize your applications for portable deployment, and explain the trade-offs of different deployment strategies. These are the lingua franca of modern software delivery.