Online Course: GitLab CI/CD: Automating Software Delivery from Coursera

GitLab CI/CD: Automating Software Delivery

Overview

DevOps has become a core aspect of the everyday development process. Being able to automate common tasks like testing, building, and deploying software allows developers to be more efficient and effective. Extending beyond the world of software, CI/CD can also provide many benefits for hardware development. This comprehensive course equips DevOps specialists and hardware developers with essential skills to build automation into their development processes. Through hands-on labs using industry standard tools like GitLab, you'll master the process of building CI/CD pipelines for hardware projects. This course is for DevOps engineers, hardware developers, and technical leads who manage firmware and hardware development workflows, focusing on automation, testing, deployment, and reliability in hardware projects. Learners should have a basic understanding of C/C++ programming, hardware concepts (PCBs, firmware, embedded components), and Git. No prior CI/CD experience is needed, but an interest in automation and DevOps is helpful. By course completion, you'll confidently be able to build hardware test and deployment processes using GitLab CI/CD pipelines. This course provides the practical expertise required to enhance your development process and automate the common tasks you have.

Syllabus

Introduction to GitLab CI/CD Architecture

This module introduces learners to the fundamentals of GitLab CI/CD. They'll learn how pipelines are constructed and how runners process defined jobs in stages to achieve desired CI/CD results.

Automating Design Validations

This module discusses how learners can validate designs and test code automatically using CI/CD pipelines in GitLab. The process of validating code and designs is essential, as it helps ensure that builds will function correctly on their target hardware

EDA Deployment Strategies

EDA, or Electronic Design Automation, is the process of automating design of electronics. In this module, you'll learn the best practices for implementing EDA. You'll also see hands-on examples of different EDA concepts being implemented using GitLab CI/CD pipelines.