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DevOps Explained in Plain Language
A plain-language look at DevOps: why development and operations teams work together, the core ideas behind it, and how a team can start without special tools.
Skills and Careers
Automation and DevOps
Scripting, version control and automating repeatable IT work.
Automating Repetitive IT Tasks With Scripts
Learn how to spot IT jobs worth automating, estimate whether a script will pay off, and start with a small, safe first project before building anything bigger.
Configuration Management Basics
Understand configuration management: how teams keep many servers and devices consistently set up, detect drift, and apply changes in a controlled, repeatable way.
Continuous Integration and Delivery Explained
See how continuous integration and delivery automatically build, test and release software, what a pipeline contains, and the safeguards that keep releases calm.
Infrastructure as Code in Simple Terms
Infrastructure as code means describing servers, networks and services in files rather than clicking through consoles. Learn how it works, its benefits and risks.
Introduction to APIs for Non-Developers
A friendly introduction to APIs: what they are, how one system asks another for data or actions, and the security and reliability basics every IT worker should know.
Monitoring and Alerting Basics
Learn what to watch in IT systems, how metrics, logs and checks differ, and how to design alerts that matter so teams are not buried in noise or alert fatigue.
Version Control With Git for Beginners
A beginner guide to version control with Git: commits, branches, merging and remotes, with safe habits for tracking changes and collaborating without overwriting work.
Writing Your First Shell or Batch Script
Write your first shell or batch script: the building blocks, a small worked example, safe testing habits and common beginner mistakes, for Linux, macOS and Windows.
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