GitHub Advanced – Advanced GitHub Development & Collaboration Training Course

Module 1 – Mastering Advanced Git & GitHub Workflows

• Deep dive into advanced Git concepts and effective repository administration
• Exploring branching strategies: a comparison of GitFlow versus trunk-based development
• Techniques for rebasing, merging, and cherry-picking commits
• Utilizing interactive rebase for history management
• Strategies for managing and resolving complex merge conflicts
• Managing tags, releases, and version control
• Investigating Git history and performing data recovery
• Best practices specifically suited for large-scale development teams

Module 2 – Sophisticated Pull Requests & Team Collaboration

• Crafting efficient pull request workflows
• Leveraging draft pull requests and effective review strategies
• Implementing CODEOWNERS files for code accountability
• Configuring branch protection rules and advanced rulesets
• Enforcing required reviews and status checks
• Best practices for handling large or long-running pull requests
• Customizing issue and pull request templates
• Managing work using GitHub Projects
• Structuring teams, permissions, and overall repository governance
• Hands-on exercise: designing an enterprise-grade collaboration workflow

Module 3 – GitHub Actions & CI/CD Automation

• Understanding the core architecture of GitHub Actions
• Configuring workflows, jobs, steps, and event triggers
• Managing secrets, environment variables, and environments
• Implementing conditional logic and job dependencies
• Using matrix strategies for parallel testing and builds
• Handling build artifacts and optimizing caching
• Leveraging reusable workflows and composite actions
• Debugging workflows and optimizing performance
• Constructing robust CI pipelines
• Setting up automated testing and build processes
• Executing multi-environment deployments
• Automating release cycles
• Practical exercise: building a complete end-to-end CI/CD pipeline

Module 4 – GitHub Security & Intelligent Automation

• Overview of built-in GitHub security features
• Utilizing Dependabot for proactive dependency management
• Implementing dependency review processes
• Preventing leaks with secret scanning and push protection
• Performing code scanning for vulnerabilities
• Defining security policies and managing vulnerabilities
• Enhancing supply-chain security measures
• Command-line efficiency with GitHub CLI
• Introduction to the GitHub REST API
• Setting up Webhooks and third-party integrations
• Automating repository tasks, issues, and pull requests
• Practical scenarios focusing on security and automation

Module 5 – Integrated End-to-End GitHub Workflow

• Architecting a comprehensive GitHub development workflow
• Defining repository structure and branching strategies
• Establishing pull request and code review processes
• Integrating automated testing frameworks
• Connecting the CI/CD pipeline
• Incorporating mandatory security checks
• Streamlining release management
• Techniques for troubleshooting and performance optimization
• Collaborative team-based practical exercise
• Course summary and Q&A session

Optional Module – Leveraging GitHub Copilot

• Overview of GitHub Copilot’s capabilities and integration into workflows
• Using Copilot Chat and IDE integrations
• Crafting effective prompts for developer productivity
• Generating and explaining code snippets
• Assisted refactoring and code optimization
• Automating the generation of unit tests
• Debugging assistance with Copilot
• Automated documentation generation
• Applying Copilot to pull requests and code reviews
• Guidelines for responsible and secure use of AI-generated code
• Hands-on Copilot exercises