Gerrit Code Review Training Course

This instructor-led, live training in New Zealand (online or onsite) is designed for 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 using custom runners and reusable templates.
• Organise projects effectively with groups and namespaces.
• Collaborate on code, issues, and documentation using Markdown and GitLab tools.
• Apply GitLab Pages, release workflows, and secure configurations in real-world projects.

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

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

• Grasp fundamental Git concepts and workflows.
• Effectively manage branches and merges within collaborative environments.
• Resolve conflicts using best practices in real-world scenarios.
• Utilise graphical clients (SourceTree and GitKraken) for Git management.
• Perform practical Git operations via both the console and graphical interfaces.
• Leverage Git within Azure DevOps for repository integration and version control.

This is a comprehensive course designed for those who are not familiar with any other distributed version control system. It begins with simple exercises for working in a local repository and progresses to practising collaboration within a team.

This course emphasises hands-on exercises.

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

This instructor-led, live training in New Zealand (available online or on-site) is designed for developers and software engineers who are new to GitHub's platform and wish to utilise its features alongside Git for improved version control and management of enterprise application source code.

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

• Set up and configure an account to access GitHub's web-based platform.
• Understand how Git's system works and grasp the foundational concepts behind GitHub.
• Create and manage GitHub repositories while implementing Git workflows.
• Execute source code changes within GitHub and synchronise revisions made outside the platform.
• Operate Pull Requests, Tags, Releases, and other core GitHub components.
• Perform version control functions based on Git and utilise GitHub's bash environment.
• Create repository branches to resolve project defects collaboratively with the team.
• Gain a solid understanding of Git and GitHub's structure to support better programming practices.

This instructor-led, live training in New Zealand (online or on-site) is designed for intermediate-level developers and DevOps professionals who aim to enhance 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 such as Dependabot and CodeQL.
• Create, reuse, and maintain GitHub Actions and workflows.
• Monitor and audit activity for compliance and governance at scale.

This instructor-led, live training in New Zealand (onsite or remote) is aimed at developers who wish to set up and use GitLab for version control and continuous integration.

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

• Install and configure GitLab.
• Understand how to implement an alternative to GitHub.
• Use GitLab to manage a DevOps lifecycle.
• Use GitLab for Continuous Integration / Continuous Delivery.
• Efficiently develop, release and test software using GitLab.

GitLab Self-Managed provides the on-premises deployment of GitLab's comprehensive DevSecOps platform, encompassing source code management, CI/CD, container registry, security scanning, and monitoring. It is the benchmark for organisations seeking the full GitLab feature set without relying on SaaS services or allowing data to leave their internal network.

This instructor-led, live training in New Zealand (online or on-site) is designed for DevOps engineers who want to establish, deploy, and manage a Git-based software deployment workflow for their Kubernetes applications.

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

• Install and configure Spinnaker and Terraform.
• Understand the advantages of GitOps compared to traditional CI/CD and Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC).
• Transition away from maintaining custom scripts by configuring and executing well-defined deployment processes.
• Apply best practices for cloud-native deployment, management, and monitoring.
• Recover deployments from partial failures without requiring manual intervention.
• Develop a GitOps strategy for application development.

This course has been designed for anyone who will be working with a Git repository.

It is suitable for software developers, project managers, software architects, solutions architects, release managers, and others.

This course shows Subversion users how to use Git. It helps to seamlessly migrate habits from SVN to Git and avoid common mistakes.

This instructor-led, live training in New Zealand (available online or on-site) is designed for DevOps engineers who want to leverage Kubernetes and GitLab to automate their DevOps lifecycle.

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

• Automate application builds, testing, and deployments.
• Establish an automated build infrastructure.
• Deploy applications to a containerised cloud environment.

This course has been developed for project managers, release managers, product managers, product owners, Scrum Masters, software architects, and anyone responsible for planning releases and deploying software.

It demonstrates how to move changes from requirements, through development and testing, to the production environment using a distributed version control system (specifically GIT, though those using other distributed Source Control Management systems will also benefit).

Woodpecker CI is a straightforward yet robust continuous integration engine, tailored specifically for self-hosted Git platforms such as Gitea and Forgejo. It delivers a lightweight, Docker-centric CI/CD experience, sidestepping the complexity and licensing costs typically associated with enterprise CI solutions.