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Course Outline
Module 1 – Advanced Git & GitHub Workflows
- Core Git concepts and repository administration
- Branching methodologies: GitFlow versus trunk-based development
- Rebasing, merging, and cherry-pick operations
- Interactive rebasing techniques
- Strategies for managing and resolving complex merge conflicts
- Version management via tags and releases
- Git history analysis and data recovery
- Operational best practices for large-scale development teams
Module 2 – Advanced Pull Requests & Collaboration
- Designing robust pull request workflows
- Draft pull requests and review protocols
- Implementation of CODEOWNERS
- Branch protection configurations and rulesets
- Requirements for reviews and status checks
- Management strategies for large and long-lived pull requests
- Standardization via issue and pull request templates
- Utilization of GitHub Projects
- Organizational governance, including teams, permissions, and repository policies
- Practical exercise: design of an enterprise-grade collaboration workflow
Module 3 – GitHub Actions & CI/CD
- Fundamentals of GitHub Actions architecture
- Structure of workflows, jobs, steps, and triggers
- Management of secrets, variables, and environments
- Conditional execution logic and job dependencies
- Matrix build strategies
- Use of artifacts and caching mechanisms
- Creation of reusable workflows and composite actions
- Workflow troubleshooting and performance optimization
- Construction of continuous integration pipelines
- Implementation of automated testing and build processes
- Deployment strategies across multiple environments
- Automation of release processes
- Practical exercise: construction of an end-to-end CI/CD pipeline for government applications
Module 4 – GitHub Security & Automation
- Overview of GitHub security features
- Dependabot integration and dependency management
- Dependency review processes
- Secret scanning and push protection measures
- Automated code scanning
- Formulation of security policies and vulnerability management strategies
- Supply-chain security protocols
- Utilization of the GitHub CLI
- Overview of the GitHub REST API
- Configuration of webhooks and external integrations
- Automation of repository, issue, and pull request management
- Practical scenarios addressing security and automation for government systems
Module 5 – End-to-End GitHub Workflow
- Design of a comprehensive GitHub development workflow
- Repository structure and branching strategies
- Pull request and code review procedures
- Implementation of automated testing
- Configuration of CI/CD pipelines
- Execution of security checks
- Release management protocols
- Troubleshooting and optimization techniques
- Collaborative team-based practical exercise
- Course summary and question-and-answer session
Optional Module – GitHub Copilot
- Capabilities and operational workflow of GitHub Copilot
- Copilot Chat integration with integrated development environments (IDEs)
- Effective prompting techniques for developers
- Code generation and explanation functions
- Refactoring and code optimization
- Generation of unit tests
- Debugging assistance using Copilot
- Automated documentation generation
- Support for pull requests and code review processes
- Guidelines for responsible and secure use of AI-generated code in government contexts
- Practical exercises involving Copilot
Requirements
Candidates are expected to meet the following prerequisites:
- Demonstrated proficiency in utilizing Git and GitHub platforms
- Comprehensive knowledge of core concepts, including repositories, branching strategies, commit methodologies, and pull request protocols
- Prior exposure to GitHub Actions is advantageous but not mandatory
- Established familiarity with standard software development lifecycle workflows
14 Hours
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