Git for Victims of Subversion Training Course

This instructor-led, live training in Botswana (online or onsite) is aimed at intermediate-level to advanced-level 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 with custom runners and reusable templates.
• Organize projects effectively using groups and namespaces.
• Collaborate on code, issues, and documentation with Markdown and GitLab tools.
• Apply GitLab Pages, release workflows, and secure configurations in real-world projects.

This instructor-led, live training in Botswana (online or onsite) is aimed at software engineers and anyone who wishes to learn how to use Gerrit as a Git repository and perform code reviews.

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

• Understand how Gerrit works and how to manage the Gerrit web interface.
• Learn good practices for using Gerrit in handling code review workflows.
• Administer and configure a Gerrit project.

This instructor-led, live training in Botswana (online or onsite) is aimed at intermediate-level developers and DevOps engineers who wish to gain hands-on experience with Git and Azure DevOps, focusing on branch management, merge strategies, conflict resolution, and effective use of graphical clients.

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

• Understand fundamental Git concepts and workflows.
• Effectively manage branches and merges in collaborative environments.
• Resolve conflicts using best practices in real-life scenarios.
• Utilize graphical clients (SourceTree and GitKraken) for Git management.
• Perform practical Git operations both from the console and graphical interfaces.
• Work with Git in Azure DevOps for repository integration and version control.

Designed for individuals with no prior experience in distributed version control systems, this course takes you from the fundamentals of local repository management through to collaborative team workflows.

The curriculum places a strong emphasis on practical, 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 needing full control over their source code without third-party terms of service or export restrictions.

This instructor-led, live training Botswana (online or onsite) is intended for developers and software engineers new to GitHub, aiming to help them utilise its features alongside Git for superior versioning and management of an enterprise application's 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.
• Comprehend how the Git system functions and grasp the core concepts underpinning GitHub.
• Create and manage GitHub repositories while implementing Git workflows.
• Execute source code changes within GitHub and synchronise revisions made externally.
• Utilise Pull Requests, Tags, Releases, and other essential GitHub components.
• Perform version control operations using Git and leverage GitHub's bash environment.
• Establish repository branches to collaboratively resolve project defects with the team.
• Understand and become familiar with the structure of Git and GitHub to improve programming practices.

This instructor-led, live training in Botswana (online or onsite) is aimed at intermediate-level developers and DevOps professionals who wish to improve 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 like 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 Botswana (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 offers an on-premises deployment of GitLab's comprehensive DevSecOps platform, encompassing source code management, CI/CD, container registry, security scanning, and monitoring. It stands as the benchmark for organisations seeking the full GitLab feature set without reliance on SaaS or without data leaving their network.

Git for Users provides developers and project managers with essential version control skills using Git to facilitate collaborative development. The course explores the core principles of the Git data model, object types, branching strategies, and merging workflows. It examines established methods for managing commit history, analysing diffs, performing stash operations, handling tags, and implementing distributed development patterns with hosted repositories. This empowers software teams to manage version histories, resolve merge conflicts, and maintain traceable code across collaborative projects.

This instructor-led, live training in Botswana (online or onsite) is aimed at DevOps engineers who wish to use Kubernetes and Gitlab to automate the DevOps lifecycle.

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

• Automate application builds, tests, and deployments.
• Create an automated build infrastructure.
• Deploy an application to a containerized cloud environment.

This course is designed for project managers, release managers, product managers, product owners, Scrum Masters, software architects, and anyone tasked with planning and executing software releases and deployments.

It demonstrates how to transition changes from requirements through development and testing phases into the production environment using a distributed version control system (with a focus on GIT, though users of other distributed SCM tools will also benefit).

This course is tailored for advanced users of Subversion, including release managers, project leaders, or anyone seeking to streamline their SVN repository within a production pipeline. It focuses on complex branching management, automatic build and compilation processes, testing, deployment, and updates.

Participants will benefit from this course by fostering closer collaboration with their development and deployment teams. This is particularly advantageous for large enterprises or organisations with geographically distributed branches.

The curriculum includes numerous practical exercises conducted on CentOS 5 virtual machines.

Woodpecker CI is a streamlined yet potent continuous integration engine, crafted specifically for self-hosted Git forges such as Gitea and Forgejo. It delivers a lightweight, Docker-native CI/CD solution, avoiding the complexity and licensing costs associated with enterprise CI platforms.