Gerrit Code Review Training Course

This instructor-led, live training in South Africa (online or onsite) is aimed at intermediate to advanced professionals who wish to apply GitLab for advanced CI/CD workflows, project structuring, and collaborative development using the Free edition of GitLab.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Implement advanced GitLab CI/CD pipelines with custom runners and reusable templates.
• Organize projects effectively using groups and namespaces.
• Collaborate on code, issues, and documentation with Markdown and GitLab tools.
• Apply GitLab Pages, release workflows, and secure configurations in real-world projects.

Tailored for developers, DevOps engineers, technical leads and engineering teams with existing practical experience in Git and GitHub, this advanced, hands-on course delves into advanced collaboration workflows, repository governance, GitHub Actions, CI/CD, security and automation.

This instructor-led, live training in South Africa (online or onsite) is designed for intermediate-level developers and DevOps engineers seeking practical experience with Git and Azure DevOps. The focus is on branch management, merge strategies, conflict resolution, and the effective use of graphical clients.

Upon completion of this training, participants will be able to:

• Grasp core Git concepts and workflows.
• Efficiently manage branches and merges within collaborative settings.
• Resolve conflicts by applying best practices in real-world scenarios.
• Utilise graphical clients (SourceTree and GitKraken) for Git management.
• Execute practical Git operations via both the console and graphical interfaces.
• Implement Git within Azure DevOps for repository integration and version control.

Gitea is a lightweight, open-source, self-hosted Git service providing repository management, code review, issue tracking, and CI/CD integration. It is an increasingly popular alternative to GitHub and GitLab.com for teams that need full control over their source code without third-party terms of service or export restrictions.

This instructor-led, live training in South Africa (online or onsite) is aimed at developers and software engineers who are new to GitHub's platform and want to employ its features along with Git for better versioning and management of an enterprise application's source code.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Setup and configure an account for accessing GitHub's web-based platform.
• Understand how Git's system works and grasp the concepts foundational to GitHub.
• Create and manage GitHub repositories while implementing Git workflows.
• Execute source code changes inside GitHub and sync revisions that were done outside the platform.
• Operate Pull Requests, Tags, Releases, and other fundamental GitHub components.
• Perform version control functionalities based on Git and utilize GitHub's bash environment.
• Create repository branches for resolving project defects together with the team.
• Grasp and familiarize themselves with Git and GitHub's structure for better programming practice.

This instructor-led, live training in South Africa (online or onsite) is aimed at intermediate-level developers and DevOps professionals who wish to improve the security, governance, and automation of their GitHub environments, particularly within an enterprise context.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Configure and manage GitHub security settings and repository access.
• Implement security best practices using GitHub tools like Dependabot and CodeQL.
• Create, reuse, and maintain GitHub Actions and workflows.
• Monitor and audit activity for compliance and governance at scale.

GitLab Self-Managed offers an on-premises deployment of GitLab’s comprehensive DevSecOps platform, encompassing source code management, CI/CD, container registry, security scanning, and monitoring. It stands as the gold standard for organisations seeking the full GitLab feature set without reliance on SaaS or data leaving their internal networks.

This instructor-led live training in South Africa (online or on-site) is aimed at DevOps engineers who wish to use Kubernetes and GitLab to automate the DevOps lifecycle.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Automate application builds, tests, and deployments.
• Create an automated build infrastructure.
• Deploy an application to a containerised cloud environment.

Woodpecker CI is a straightforward yet robust continuous integration engine crafted specifically for self-hosted Git platforms such as Gitea and Forgejo. It delivers a lightweight, Docker-native CI/CD solution, sparing users from the complexity and licensing costs associated with enterprise-grade CI platforms.