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Duration 14 hours
Course Outline
Module 1 – Advanced Git & GitHub Workflows
- Advanced Git concepts and repository administration
- Branching methodologies: comparing GitFlow with trunk-based development
- Techniques for rebasing, merging, and cherry-picking
- Utilising interactive rebase
- Strategies for managing and resolving complex merge conflicts
- Version control through tags, releases, and version management
- Investigating Git history and recovering lost work
- Best practices for scaling Git workflows in large teams
Module 2 – Advanced Pull Requests & Collaboration
- Crafting efficient pull request workflows
- Implementing draft pull requests and review strategies
- Configuring CODEOWNERS
- Establishing branch protection rules and rulesets
- Defining required reviews and status checks
- Handling large-scale and long-duration pull requests
- Creating issue and pull request templates
- Managing work using GitHub Projects
- Governing teams, permissions, and repository access
- Practical exercise: Designing an enterprise-grade collaboration workflow
Module 3 – GitHub Actions & CI/CD
- Architecture of GitHub Actions
- Structuring workflows, jobs, steps, and triggers
- Managing secrets, variables, and environments
- Implementing conditional execution and job dependencies
- Applying matrix strategies
- Utilising artifacts and caching mechanisms
- Leveraging reusable workflows and composite actions
- Debugging and optimising workflow performance
- Constructing CI pipelines
- Automating testing and build processes
- Managing multi-environment deployments
- Automating release processes
- Practical exercise: Building a comprehensive end-to-end CI/CD pipeline
Module 4 – GitHub Security & Automation
- Overview of GitHub security features
- Managing dependencies with Dependabot
- Implementing dependency review processes
- Utilising secret scanning and push protection
- Performing code scanning
- Establishing security policies and vulnerability management
- Enhancing supply-chain security
- Using the GitHub CLI
- Overview of the GitHub REST API
- Implementing Webhooks and third-party integrations
- Automating repository tasks, issues, and pull requests
- Practical scenarios focused on security and automation
Module 5 – End-to-End GitHub Workflow
- Designing a holistic GitHub development lifecycle
- Defining repository structure and branching strategies
- Refining the pull request and code review process
- Implementing automated testing
- Integrating CI/CD pipelines
- Incorporating security checks
- Managing releases
- Troubleshooting and performance optimisation
- Team-based practical exercise
- Summary and Q&A session
Optional Module – GitHub Copilot
- Exploring GitHub Copilot capabilities and workflow integration
- Using Copilot Chat and IDE integrations
- Crafting effective prompts for developers
- Leveraging code generation and explanation features
- Refactoring and optimising code with Copilot
- Generating unit tests automatically
- Debugging code with Copilot assistance
- Generating documentation
- Utilising Copilot for pull requests and code reviews
- Principles for responsible and secure use of AI-generated code
- Practical Copilot exercises
Requirements
Participants are expected to possess the following background:
- Practical proficiency with Git and GitHub
- A solid understanding of repositories, branching, commits, and pull requests
- Familiarity with GitHub Actions is advantageous but not mandatory
- Working knowledge of standard software development lifecycles
Testimonials (1)
Easy going trainer, very knowledgeable and approachable.
