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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 and trunk-based development
  • Techniques for rebasing, merging, and cherry-picking
  • Utilizing interactive rebase
  • Strategies for managing and resolving complex merge conflicts
  • Handling tags, releases, and version control
  • Investigating Git history and recovering lost changes
  • Best practices tailored for large development teams

Module 2 – Advanced Pull Requests & Collaboration

  • Crafting effective pull request workflows
  • Implementing draft pull requests and refined review strategies
  • Configuring CODEOWNERS
  • Establishing branch protection and rulesets
  • Enforcing required reviews and status checks
  • Managing large-scale and long-duration pull requests
  • Implementing issue and pull request templates
  • Utilizing GitHub Projects
  • Managing teams, permissions, and overall repository governance
  • Practical exercise: Designing an enterprise-grade collaboration workflow

Module 3 – GitHub Actions & CI/CD

  • Understanding GitHub Actions architecture
  • Configuring workflows, jobs, steps, and triggers
  • Managing secrets, variables, and environments
  • Implementing conditional execution and job dependencies
  • Utilizing matrix strategies
  • Handling artifacts and caching mechanisms
  • Creating reusable workflows and composite actions
  • Debugging and optimizing workflows
  • Constructing CI pipelines
  • Setting up automated testing and build workflows
  • Executing multi-environment deployments
  • Automating release processes
  • Practical exercise: Building a complete end-to-end CI/CD pipeline

Module 4 – GitHub Security & Automation

  • Overview of GitHub security features
  • Managing dependencies with Dependabot
  • Implementing dependency review processes
  • Configuring secret scanning and push protection
  • Utilizing code scanning tools
  • Establishing security policies and vulnerability management
  • Enhancing supply-chain security
  • Working with the GitHub CLI
  • Overview of the GitHub REST API
  • Integrating webhooks and third-party tools
  • Automating repository tasks, issues, and pull requests
  • Practical scenarios for security and automation

Module 5 – End-to-End GitHub Workflow

  • Designing a comprehensive GitHub development workflow
  • Defining repository and branching strategies
  • Streamlining the pull request and code review process
  • Implementing automated testing
  • Building CI/CD pipelines
  • Incorporating security checks
  • Managing releases effectively
  • Troubleshooting and performance optimization
  • Team-based practical exercise
  • Course summary and Q&A session

Optional Module – GitHub Copilot

  • Exploring GitHub Copilot capabilities and workflows
  • Integrating Copilot Chat and IDEs
  • Developing effective prompting techniques for developers
  • Leveraging code generation and explanation features
  • Refactoring and code optimization
  • Generating unit tests
  • Debugging assistance with Copilot
  • Automating documentation generation
  • Using Copilot for pull requests and code reviews
  • Ensuring responsible and secure use of AI-generated code
  • Practical exercises with Copilot

Requirements

Participants are expected to have:

  • Hands-on experience with Git and GitHub
  • A solid grasp of repositories, branches, commits, and pull requests
  • Basic familiarity with GitHub Actions (recommended but not mandatory)
  • Knowledge of standard software development workflows

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  • Customized Content: We adapt the syllabus and practical exercises to the real goals and needs of your project.
  • Flexible Schedule: Dates and times adapted to your team's agenda.
  • Format: Online (live), In-company (at your offices), or Hybrid.
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Price per private group, online live training, starting from 3200 € + VAT*

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