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Mastering GitHub for Developers and DevOps Specialization
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Mastering GitHub for Developers and DevOps Specialization

Automate Workflows and Boost DevOps with GitHub. Learn Git, GitHub, CI/CD automation, and AI tools to enhance your development workflow.

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2 months to complete
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Get in-depth knowledge of a subject
Intermediate level

Recommended experience

2 months to complete
at 10 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

  • Learn Git’s version control features, such as branches, commits, and rebasing.

  • Understand how to manage and collaborate on code using GitHub repositories and pull requests.

  • Automate CI/CD workflows and gain hands-on experience with GitHub Actions.

  • Integrate AI-powered tools like GitHub Copilot and ChatGPT into your coding workflow.

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Specialization - 5 course series

Git Essentials for Beginners

Git Essentials for Beginners

Course 115 hours

What you'll learn

  • Identify the core components of Git and explain its purpose in version control.

  • Describe the differences between branching, merging, and stashing in Git workflows.

  • Install Git on various operating systems and set up repositories for project tracking.

  • Resolve merge conflicts and optimize commit history using Git’s advanced features.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Git (Version Control System)
Category: Version Control
Category: Development Environment
Category: Linux
Category: Software Versioning
Category: Software Development Tools
Category: Command-Line Interface
Category: Software Configuration Management
Category: Ubuntu

What you'll learn

  • Apply knowledge to clone a repository from GitHub.

  • Analyze and manage branches on Git and GitHub.

  • Create pull requests and collaborate using private repositories.

  • Understand and explain the concepts of Git Rebase, Git Fetch, and Git Pull.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Amazon Web Services
Category: GitHub
Category: Git (Version Control System)
Category: Version Control
Category: Code Review
Category: DevOps
Category: CI/CD
Category: Collaborative Software
Category: Linux

What you'll learn

  • Automate CI/CD workflows with GitHub Actions, triggers, and runners

  • Build, customize, and optimize workflows using YAML, expressions, and variables

  • Develop and integrate custom GitHub Actions, including Docker-based solutions

  • Secure workflows with best practices for concurrency and sensitive data handling

Skills you'll gain

Category: GitHub
Category: Automation
Category: Development Environment
Category: CI/CD
Category: YAML
Category: Security Controls
Category: Event-Driven Programming
Category: Docker (Software)
Category: JavaScript Frameworks
Category: Continuous Deployment
Category: Git (Version Control System)
Category: Continuous Integration

What you'll learn

  • Understand the basics of GitHub Action workflows

  • Identify workflow components including events, jobs, steps, and runners

  • Configure and execute jobs using a self-hosted runner

  • Design an infrastructure as code (IaC) template with Bicep for deploying infrastructures

Skills you'll gain

Category: CI/CD
Category: GitHub
Category: Docker (Software)
Category: Containerization
Category: Continuous Deployment
Category: Continuous Integration
Category: Microsoft Azure
Category: Cloud Computing
Category: Application Deployment
Category: DevOps
Category: YAML
Category: Performance Tuning
Category: Git (Version Control System)
Category: Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
Category: Devops Tools

What you'll learn

  • Set up GitHub Copilot and ChatGPT to streamline code generation and debugging.

  • Create and optimize effective prompts for AI coding assistants.

  • Generate, explain, and debug code snippets with ChatGPT for real-world projects.

  • Master advanced GitHub Copilot features, including agents and IDE integrations.

Skills you'll gain

Category: ChatGPT
Category: Prompt Engineering
Category: GitHub
Category: Microsoft Copilot
Category: Google Gemini
Category: Git (Version Control System)
Category: OpenAI
Category: Docker (Software)
Category: Generative AI
Category: Integrated Development Environments
Category: Debugging
Category: Development Environment

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