DevOps Foundations & Development Workflow

This course features Coursera Coach! A smarter way to learn with interactive, real-time conversations that help you test your knowledge, challenge assumptions, and deepen your understanding as you progress through the course. Embark on a comprehensive journey through DevOps principles and workflows. This course will introduce you to essential concepts such as CI/CD, version control, cloud infrastructure, and Linux systems. The course begins with an introduction to DevOps and CI/CD, where you’ll learn the importance of automation and continuous delivery. You’ll explore the stages of the DevOps lifecycle and set up your development environment to begin practical workflows. The course then covers planning with GitHub Projects and Issues, integrating agile practices and real-time project management tools to keep your work organized. You'll dive into Python application fundamentals, learning the basics of Python programming, scripting, and web app development with Flask. You’ll also gain valuable skills in version control with Git, including best practices for branching, merging, and managing teams. As you progress, you'll work with cloud computing on AWS, learning to deploy virtual servers, launch EC2 instances, and manage infrastructure. Targeted at anyone interested in getting started DevOps, this course is ideal for aspiring developers, system administrators, and DevOps engineers. No prior experience with DevOps is necessary, but familiarity with basic programming concepts and Git will be helpful. By the end of the course, you will be able to automate DevOps workflows, manage cloud infrastructure with AWS, deploy applications with Python and Flask, and implement CI/CD pipelines using GitHub and Git.