Ci/Cd Course

Lesson 1 • Software Delivery Before CI/CD

Examines traditional release cycles, manual integration pain points, and deployment bottlenecks. Establishes the problem space that CI/CD solves.

Lesson 2 • DevOps Culture and Principles

Covers the cultural shift required for CI/CD adoption, including collaboration, shared ownership, and feedback loops. Links mindset to technical practice.

Lesson 3 • Core CI/CD Concepts and Terminology

Defines continuous integration, delivery, and deployment with precise distinctions. Provides shared vocabulary used throughout the entire course.

Lesson 1 • Commit Standards and Changelog Automation

Teaches conventional commits and semantic versioning to enable automated changelogs and version bumps. Reduces manual release documentation effort.

Lesson 2 • Git Fundamentals for Pipeline Triggers

Reviews commits, branches, and remotes with emphasis on how Git events initiate pipeline runs. Grounds version control in CI/CD context.

Lesson 3 • Branching Strategies for CI/CD

Compares trunk-based development, Gitflow, and feature-flag approaches. Guides selection based on team size and release cadence.

Lesson 1 • Pipeline-as-Code Fundamentals

Introduces YAML-based pipeline definitions, file structure, and syntax patterns. Establishes pipeline-as-code as the standard for reproducibility.

Lesson 2 • Integrating Linting and Static Analysis

Adds code style and static analysis checks as mandatory pipeline gates. Enforces consistent code quality before tests run.

Lesson 3 • Configuring Build Stages

Covers dependency installation, compilation, and artifact packaging within a CI stage. Produces a repeatable build that downstream stages consume.

Lesson 4 • Running Automated Tests in CI

Executes unit and integration test suites inside the pipeline and publishes results. Connects test outcomes to merge decisions.

Lesson 1 • End-to-End and UI Test Automation

Integrates browser-based and API end-to-end tests into the pipeline with controlled execution. Balances coverage with pipeline duration constraints.

Lesson 2 • The Testing Pyramid in CI Context

Maps unit, service, and UI tests to pipeline stages using the testing pyramid model. Guides investment decisions for test coverage.

Lesson 3 • Unit Testing Best Practices

Covers test isolation, mocking, and fast feedback principles for unit tests. Ensures unit tests remain reliable and maintainable in CI.

Lesson 4 • Code Coverage and Quality Gates

Configures coverage thresholds as pipeline gates and tracks trends over time. Prevents coverage regression from reaching the main branch.

Lesson 1 • Docker Image Fundamentals

Teaches Dockerfile authoring, layer caching, and image size optimization. Produces lean, reproducible images ready for deployment.

Lesson 2 • Building and Tagging Images in CI

Automates Docker image builds within the CI pipeline and applies consistent tagging conventions. Links image tags to Git commits and semantic versions.

Lesson 3 • Container Image Security Scanning

Integrates vulnerability scanning into the pipeline to block images with critical CVEs. Shifts container security left into the build process.

Lesson 4 • Artifact Versioning and Storage

Covers semantic versioning of build outputs and storage in artifact repositories. Ensures traceability between code commits and deployable artifacts.

Lesson 1 • Rollback and Recovery Mechanisms

Implements automated and manual rollback procedures triggered by health check failures. Minimizes mean time to restore after a bad deployment.

Lesson 2 • Deployment Strategies and Patterns

Compares blue-green, canary, rolling, and recreate deployment patterns. Guides selection based on risk tolerance and infrastructure capabilities.

Lesson 3 • Environment Promotion Strategies

Defines dev, staging, and production environment tiers and the gates between them. Establishes controlled artifact promotion as the foundation of CD.

Lesson 4 • Release Coordination and Change Management

Integrates CD pipelines with change management processes and release calendars. Balances deployment automation with organizational governance requirements.

Lesson 1 • Secrets Management in Pipelines

Covers secure injection of credentials, API keys, and certificates into pipeline jobs. Prevents secrets from appearing in logs or source code.

Lesson 2 • Pipeline Access Control and Least Privilege

Applies role-based access and minimal permissions to pipeline runners and service accounts. Limits blast radius of a compromised pipeline component.

Lesson 3 • Security Scanning and Policy Enforcement

Embeds SAST, DAST, and policy-as-code checks as mandatory pipeline gates. Prevents insecure code and configurations from reaching production.

Lesson 4 • Dependency and Supply Chain Security

Integrates software composition analysis and dependency pinning to reduce supply chain risk. Enforces approved dependency policies in CI.

Lesson 1 • CI/CD Governance and Compliance Reporting

Establishes pipeline standards, audit logging, and compliance dashboards for regulated environments. Demonstrates delivery process integrity to auditors.

Lesson 2 • Self-Hosted and Cloud Runner Management

Covers provisioning, scaling, and maintaining CI/CD runner infrastructure. Balances cost, performance, and security across self-hosted and cloud options.

Lesson 3 • Multi-Team and Monorepo Pipeline Design

Designs pipelines for monorepos and multi-team environments with selective triggering. Prevents unnecessary builds while maintaining isolation between services.

Lesson 4 • Pipeline Performance Optimization

Identifies bottlenecks using pipeline analytics and applies caching, parallelism, and job splitting. Reduces feedback cycle time without sacrificing quality.