Overall Objectives

• Define five basic concepts of cloud computing
• Identify a cloud storage option, like AWS S3.
• Deploy and manage virtual machines using AWS EC2.
• Set up and manage a cloud database like AWS RDS.

Compiled Learning Objectives

At the end of the sprint, you should be able to do the following things. Make sure to check you can do them all, and if not, go back and keep practicing until you can.

What is CI/CD? (Prep)

• Define CI and CD

Learning GitHub Actions Basics (Prep)

• Describe GitHub Actions workflows, jobs, steps, and actions.
• Set up a basic CI/CD pipeline using GitHub Actions in a GitHub repository
• Write a YAML file that specifies the actions to be taken when code is pushed to the repository

Adding Testing Stages (Prep)

• Add a test stage to a GitHub action
• Integrate existing test scripts to run automatically

Adding Deployment Stages (Prep)

• Integrate deployment scripts into the GitHub Actions workflow

Creating a Workflow with Multiple Jobs (Prep)

• Implement a multi-job workflow where jobs run sequentially, based on dependencies and requirements
• Use the needs keyword to specify job dependencies

Environment Variables (Prep)

• Automate the deployment process to a specified environment.

Secrets (Prep)

• TODO

🫱🏽‍🫲🏿 Mentored pair programming (Backlog)

• Talk aloud when thinking about a problem.
• Write code in front of someone else.
• Analyse your strategies for solving problems in code.