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Define and implement continuous integration

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Overview

  • Module 1: Set up a continuous integration (CI) pipeline that automates the process of building your application.

    After completing this module, you'll be able to:

    • Create a build pipeline in Azure Pipelines
    • Map manual build steps to automated build tasks
    • Publish your builds so others can access them
    • Use templates to build multiple configurations (optional)
  • Module 2: Find out about automated testing that proves your code to be maintainable, understandable, and functioning without repetitive manual testing.

    After completing this module, you'll be able to:

    • Explain the benefits of automated testing and the kinds of testing you can use.
    • Run unit tests locally and then in Azure Pipelines.
    • Add dashboard widgets to visualize test runs over time.
    • Perform code coverage testing to see how much of your code is covered by unit tests.
    • Fix and verify test failures in your build pipeline.
  • Module 3: In this module, the Space Game web team guides you through creating a build pipeline that produces a package that can be used by multiple applications.

    After completing this module, you'll be able to:

    • Create and share packages that multiple applications can use.
    • Create a build pipeline for your package and publish your package to Azure Artifacts.
    • Connect an application to your package and build the application in Azure Pipelines.
    • Push changes to your package and update your application to use them.
  • Module 4: Work with guidance from the Space Game web team to set up your build agent running on-premises or on an Azure virtual machine running in the cloud.

    After completing this module, you'll be able to:

    • Choose when to use Microsoft-hosted build agents and when to host your own
    • Describe the options you have when you're managing your own build agents
    • Bring up and configure your own agent to work with Azure Pipelines
    • Connect your agent to a pipeline and build your application
  • Module 5: Set up a continuous delivery (CD) pipeline that automates the process of deploying your application.

    After completing this module, you'll be able to:

    • Define what continuous delivery is, why it's important, and what tools you can use.
    • Create a basic release pipeline in Azure Pipelines that deploys a web application to Azure App Service.
    • Examine pipeline analytics to understand the health and history of your releases.
  • Module 6: Design and create a realistic release pipeline that promotes changes to various testing and staging environments.

    After completing this module, you'll be able to:

    • Identify the stages, or major divisions of the pipeline, that you need to implement a multistage pipeline
    • Explain when to use conditions, triggers, and approvals to promote changes from one stage to the next
    • Promote a build through these stages: Dev, Test, and Staging
  • Module 7: Run Selenium UI tests, a form of functional testing, in Azure Pipelines.

    After completing this module, you'll be able to:

    • Define the role of functional tests and identify some popular kinds of tests you can run.
    • Map manual testing steps to automated test cases.
    • Run automated UI tests locally and in the pipeline by using Selenium.
  • Module 8: Run automated load tests by using Apache JMeter, a form of nonfunctional testing, in Azure Pipelines.

    After completing this module, you'll be able to:

    • Define the role of nonfunctional tests and explain how they compare to functional tests
    • Identify some popular kinds of nonfunctional tests you can run
    • Run automated load tests in the pipeline by using Apache JMeter
    • Convert test results to a format that Azure Pipelines can visualize for you
  • Module 9: Choose and implement a deployment pattern that helps you smoothly roll out new application features to your users.

    After completing this module, you'll be able to:

    • Explain why deployment patterns matter
    • Compare different deployment patterns so that you can choose the one that best suits your needs
    • Apply the blue-green deployment pattern in your pipeline
  • Module 10: Learn how to protect your virtual machine settings with Azure Automation State Configuration

    In this module, you will:

    • Identify the capabilities of Azure Automation State Configuration.
    • Learn how to onboard VMs for management by Azure Automation.
    • Automatically update VMs to maintain a desired state configuration (DSC).
  • Module 11: Learn how to create workflows that enable you to use Continuous Integration (CI) for your projects.

    In this module, you will:

    • Learn essential features and techniques to build robust and dynamic workflows
    • Build and test a Node.js project by using GitHub Actions and a templated workflow
    • Debug a failed test using the GitHub Actions Log
    • Customize your workflow with GitHub Actions

Syllabus

  • Module 1: Module 1: Create a build pipeline with Azure Pipelines
    • Introduction
    • What is Azure Pipelines?
    • Exercise - Get the sample application
    • Plan your build tasks
    • Exercise - Set up your Azure DevOps environment
    • Exercise - Create the pipeline
    • Exercise - Publish the result to the pipeline
    • Exercise - Build multiple configurations by using templates
    • Exercise - Clean up your Azure DevOps environment
    • Summary
  • Module 2: Module 2: Run quality tests in your build pipeline by using Azure Pipelines
    • Introduction
    • What is automated testing?
    • Exercise - Set up your Azure DevOps environment
    • Exercise - Add unit tests to your application
    • Exercise - Add a testing widget to your dashboard
    • Exercise - Perform code coverage testing
    • Exercise - Fix a failed test
    • Exercise - Clean up your Azure DevOps environment
    • Summary
  • Module 3: Module 3: Manage build dependencies with Azure Artifacts
    • Introduction
    • Plan build dependencies for your pipeline
    • What is Azure Artifacts?
    • Exercise - Set up your Azure DevOps environment
    • Exercise - Create a package feed in Azure Artifacts
    • Exercise - Create a pipeline for your package
    • Exercise - Reference the package from the application
    • Exercise - Push a change to your package
    • Exercise - Clean up your Azure DevOps environment
    • Summary
  • Module 4: Module 4: Host your own build agent in Azure Pipelines
    • Introduction
    • Choose a Microsoft-hosted or self-hosted build agent
    • Exercise - Set up your Azure DevOps environment
    • Exercise - Create a build agent that runs on Azure
    • Exercise - Build the application using your agent
    • Exercise - Clean up your Azure DevOps environment
    • Summary
  • Module 5: Module 5: Create a release pipeline in Azure Pipelines
    • Introduction
    • What is continuous delivery?
    • Plan a release pipeline by using Azure Pipelines
    • Exercise - Set up your environment
    • Exercise - Deploy the web application to Azure App Service
    • Exercise - Monitor the health of your pipeline
    • Exercise - Clean up your environment
    • Summary
  • Module 6: Module 6: Create a multistage pipeline by using Azure Pipelines
    • Introduction
    • Design the pipeline
    • Exercise - Set up your Azure DevOps environment
    • Exercise - Promote to the Dev stage
    • Exercise - Promote to the Test stage
    • Exercise - Promote to Staging
    • Exercise - Clean up your Azure DevOps environment
    • Summary
  • Module 7: Module 7: Run functional tests in Azure Pipelines
    • Introduction
    • What is functional testing?
    • Exercise - Set up your Azure DevOps environment
    • Plan the UI tests
    • Write the UI tests
    • Exercise - Run the UI tests locally and in the pipeline
    • Exercise - Clean up your Azure DevOps environment
    • Summary
  • Module 8: Module 8: Run nonfunctional tests in Azure Pipelines
    • Introduction
    • What is nonfunctional testing?
    • Exercise - Set up your Azure DevOps environment
    • Plan load tests by using Apache JMeter
    • Exercise - Run load tests in Azure Pipelines
    • Exercise - Clean up your Azure DevOps environment
    • Summary
  • Module 9: Module 9: Manage release cadence in Azure Pipelines by using deployment patterns
    • Introduction
    • What are deployment patterns?
    • Exercise - Set up your environment
    • Exercise - Implement the blue-green deployment pattern
    • Exercise - Push a change through the pipeline
    • Exercise - Clean up your environment
    • Summary
  • Module 10: Module 10: Protect your virtual machine settings with Azure Automation State Configuration
    • Introduction
    • What is Azure Automation State Configuration?
    • Use PowerShell DSC to achieve a desired state
    • Exercise - Set up a DSC and configure a desired state
    • Summary
  • Module 11: Module 11: Build continuous integration (CI) workflows by using GitHub Actions
    • Introduction
    • How do I use GitHub Actions to create workflows for CI?
    • Customize your workflow with environment variables and artifact data
    • Exercise - Create the CI workflow on GitHub
    • Knowledge check
    • Summary

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