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Duration 4 Days 24 CPD hours This course is intended for Students in this course are interested in designing and implementing DevOps processes or in passing the Microsoft Azure DevOps Solutions certification exam. This course provides the knowledge and skills to design and implement DevOps processes and practices. Students will learn how to plan for DevOps, use source control, scale Git for an enterprise, consolidate artifacts, design a dependency management strategy, manage secrets, implement continuous integration, implement a container build strategy, design a release strategy, set up a release management workflow, implement a deployment pattern, and optimize feedback mechanisms Prerequisites Successful learners will have prior knowledge and understanding of: * Cloud computing concepts, including an understanding of PaaS, SaaS, and IaaS implementations. * Both Azure administration and Azure development with proven expertise in at least one of these areas. * Version control, Agile software development, and core software development principles. It would be helpful to have experience in an organization that delivers software. * AZ-104T00 - Microsoft Azure Administrator * AZ-204T00: Developing Solutions for Microsoft Azure 1 - INTRODUCTION TO DEVOPS * What is DevOps? * Explore the DevOps journey * Identify transformation teams * Explore shared goals and define timelines 2 - CHOOSE THE RIGHT PROJECT * Explore greenfield and brownfield projects * Decide when to use greenfield and brownfield projects * Decide when to use systems of record versus systems of engagement * Identify groups to minimize initial resistance * Identify project metrics and key performance indicators (KPIs) 3 - DESCRIBE TEAM STRUCTURES * Explore agile development practices * Explore principles of agile development * Define organization structure for agile practices * Explore ideal DevOps team members * Enable in-team and cross-team collaboration * Select tools and processes for agile practices 4 - CHOOSE THE DEVOPS TOOLS * What is Azure DevOps? * What is GitHub? * Explore an authorization and access strategy * Migrate or integrate existing work management tools * Migrate or integrate existing test management tools * Design a license management strategy 5 - PLAN AGILE WITH GITHUB PROJECTS AND AZURE BOARDS * Link GitHub to Azure Boards * Configure GitHub Projects * Manage work with GitHub Project boards * Customize Project views * Collaborate using team discussions * Agile Plan and Portfolio Management with Azure Boards 6 - INTRODUCTION TO SOURCE CONTROL * Explore DevOps foundational practices * What is source control? * Explore benefits of source control * Explore best practices for source control 7 - DESCRIBE TYPES OF SOURCE CONTROL SYSTEMS * Understand centralized source control * Understand distributed source control * Explore Git and Team Foundation Version Control * Examine and choose Git * Understand objections to using Git * Describe working with Git locally 8 - WORK WITH AZURE REPOS AND GITHUB * Migrate from TFVC to Git * Use GIT-TFS * Develop online with GitHub Codespaces 9 - STRUCTURE YOUR GIT REPO * Explore monorepo versus multiple repos * Implement a change log 10 - MANAGE GIT BRANCHES AND WORKFLOWS * Explore branch workflow types * Explore feature branch workflow * Explore Git branch model for continuous delivery * Explore GitHub flow * Explore fork workflow * Version Control with Git in Azure Repos 11 - COLLABORATE WITH PULL REQUESTS IN AZURE REPOS * Collaborate with pull requests * Examine GitHub mobile for pull request approvals 12 - IDENTIFY TECHNICAL DEBT * Examine code quality * Examine complexity and quality metrics * Measure and manage technical debt * Integrate other code quality tools * Plan effective code reviews 13 - EXPLORE GIT HOOKS * Implement Git hooks 14 - PLAN FOSTER INNER SOURCE * Explore foster inner source * Implement the fork workflow * Describe inner source with forks 15 - MANAGE GIT REPOSITORIES * Work with large repositories * Purge repository data * Manage releases with GitHub Repos * Automate release notes with GitHub 16 - EXPLORE AZURE PIPELINES * Explore the concept of pipelines in DevOps * Describe Azure Pipelines * Understand Azure Pipelines key terms 17 - MANAGE AZURE PIPELINE AGENTS AND POOLS * Choose between Microsoft-hosted versus self-hosted agents * Explore job types * Explore predefined agent pool * Understand typical situations for agent pools * Communicate with Azure Pipelines * Communicate to deploy to target servers * Examine other considerations * Describe security of agent pools * Configure agent pools and understanding pipeline styles 18 - DESCRIBE PIPELINES AND CONCURRENCY * Understand parallel jobs * Estimate parallel jobs * Describe Azure Pipelines and open-source projects * Explore Azure Pipelines and Visual Designer * Describe Azure Pipelines and YAML 19 - EXPLORE CONTINUOUS INTEGRATION * Learn the four pillars of continuous integration * Explore benefits of continuous integration * Describe build properties * Enable Continuous Integration with Azure Pipelines 20 - IMPLEMENT A PIPELINE STRATEGY * Configure agent demands * Implement multi-agent builds * Explore source control types supported by Azure Pipelines 21 - INTEGRATE WITH AZURE PIPELINES * Describe the anatomy of a pipeline * Understand the pipeline structure * Detail templates * Explore YAML resources * Use multiple repositories in your pipeline 22 - INTRODUCTION TO GITHUB ACTIONS * What are Actions? * Explore Actions flow * Understand workflows * Describe standard workflow syntax elements * Explore events * Explore jobs * Explore runners * Examine release and test an action 23 - LEARN CONTINUOUS INTEGRATION WITH GITHUB ACTIONS * Describe continuous integration with actions * Examine environment variables * Share artifacts between jobs * Examine Workflow badges * Describe best practices for creating actions * Mark releases with Git tags * Create encrypted secrets * Use secrets in a workflow * Implement GitHub Actions for CI/CD 24 - DESIGN A CONTAINER BUILD STRATEGY * Examine structure of containers * Work with Docker containers * Understand Dockerfile core concepts * Examine multi-stage dockerfiles * Examine considerations for multiple stage builds * Explore Azure container-related services * Deploy Docker containers to Azure App Service web apps 25 - INTRODUCTION TO CONTINUOUS DELIVERY * Explore traditional IT development cycle * What is continuous delivery? * Move to continuous delivery * Understand releases and deployments * Understand release process versus release 26 - CREATE A RELEASE PIPELINE * Describe Azure DevOps release pipeline capabilities * Explore release pipelines * Explore artifact sources * Choose the appropriate artifact source * Examine considerations for deployment to stages * Explore build and release tasks * Explore custom build and release tasks * Explore release jobs * Configure Pipelines as Code with YAML 27 - EXPLORE RELEASE RECOMMENDATIONS * Understand the delivery cadence and three types of triggers * Explore release approvals * Explore release gates * Use release gates to protect quality * Control Deployments using Release Gates 28 - PROVISION AND TEST ENVIRONMENTS * Provision and configure target environments * Configure automated integration and functional test automation * Understand Shift-left * Set up and run availability tests * Explore Azure Load Testing * Set up and run functional tests 29 - MANAGE AND MODULARIZE TASKS AND TEMPLATES * Examine task groups * Explore variables in release pipelines * Understand variable groups 30 - AUTOMATE INSPECTION OF HEALTH * Automate inspection of health * Explore events and notifications * Explore service hooks * Configure Azure DevOps notifications * Configure GitHub notifications * Explore how to measure quality of your release process * Examine release notes and documentation * Examine considerations for choosing release management tools * Explore common release management tools 31 - INTRODUCTION TO DEPLOYMENT PATTERNS * Explore microservices architecture * Examine classical deployment patterns * Understand modern deployment patterns 32 - IMPLEMENT BLUE-GREEN DEPLOYMENT AND FEATURE TOGGLES * What is blue-green deployment? * Explore deployment slots * Describe feature toggle maintenance 33 - IMPLEMENT CANARY RELEASES AND DARK LAUNCHING * Explore canary releases * Examine Traffic Manager * Understand dark launching 34 - IMPLEMENT A/B TESTING AND PROGRESSIVE EXPOSURE DEPLOYMENT * What is A/B testing? * Explore CI-CD with deployment rings 35 - INTEGRATE WITH IDENTITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS * Integrate GitHub with single sign-on (SSO) * Explore service principals * Explore Managed Identity 36 - MANAGE APPLICATION CONFIGURATION DATA * Rethink application configuration data * Explore separation of concerns * Understand external configuration store patterns * Examine Key-value pairs * Examine App configuration feature management * Integrate Azure Key Vault with Azure Pipelines * Manage secrets, tokens and certificates * Examine DevOps inner and outer loop * Integrate Azure Key Vault with Azure DevOps * Enable Dynamic Configuration and Feature Flags 37 - EXPLORE INFRASTRUCTURE AS CODE AND CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT * Explore environment deployment * Examine environment configuration * Understand imperative versus declarative configuration * Understand idempotent configuration 38 - CREATE AZURE RESOURCES USING AZURE RESOURCE MANAGER TEMPLATES * Why use Azure Resource Manager templates? * Explore template components * Manage dependencies * Modularize templates * Manage secrets in templates * Deployments using Azure Bicep templates 39 - CREATE AZURE RESOURCES BY USING AZURE CLI * What is Azure CLI? * Work with Azure CLI 40 - EXPLORE AZURE AUTOMATION WITH DEVOPS * Create automation accounts * What is a runbook? * Understand automation shared resources * Explore runbook gallery * Examine webhooks * Explore source control integration * Explore PowerShell workflows * Create a workflow * Examine checkpoint and parallel processing 41 - IMPLEMENT DESIRED STATE CONFIGURATION (DSC) * Understand configuration drift * Explore Desired State Configuration (DSC) * Explore Azure Automation State configuration (DSC) * Examine DSC configuration file * Explore hybrid management * Implement DSC and Linux Automation on Azure 42 - IMPLEMENT BICEP * What is Bicep? * Install Bicep * Understand Bicep file structure and syntax 43 - INTRODUCTION TO SECURE DEVOPS * Describe SQL injection attack * Understand DevSecOps * Explore Secure DevOps Pipeline * Explore key validation points * Explore continuous security validation * Understand threat modeling 44 - IMPLEMENT OPEN-SOURCE SOFTWARE * Explore how software is built * What is open-source software * Explore corporate concerns with open-source software components * Explore common open-source licenses * Examine license implications and ratings 45 - SOFTWARE COMPOSITION ANALYSIS * Inspect and validate code bases for compliance * Explore software composition analysis (SCA) * Integrate Mend with Azure Pipelines * Implement GitHub Dependabot alerts and security updates * Integrate software composition analysis checks into pipelines * Examine tools for assess package security and license rate * Interpret alerts from scanner tools * Implement security and compliance in an Azure Pipeline 46 - STATIC ANALYZERS * Explore SonarCloud * Explore CodeQL in GitHub * Manage technical debt with SonarCloud and Azure DevOps 47 - OWASP AND DYNAMIC ANALYZERS * Plan Implement OWASP Secure Coding Practices * Explore OWASP ZAP penetration test * Explore OWASP ZAP results and bugs 48 - SECURITY MONITORING AND GOVERNANCE * Implement pipeline security * Explore Microsoft Defender for Cloud * Examine Microsoft Defender for Cloud usage scenarios * Explore Azure Policy * Understand policies * Explore initiatives * Explore resource locks * Explore Azure Blueprints * Understand Microsoft Defender for Identity 49 - EXPLORE PACKAGE DEPENDENCIES * What is dependency management? * Describe elements of a dependency management strategy * Identify dependencies * Understand source and package componentization * Decompose your system * Scan your codebase for dependencies 50 - UNDERSTAND PACKAGE MANAGEMENT * Explore packages * Understand package feeds * Explore package feed managers * Explore common public package sources * Explore self-hosted and SaaS based package sources * Consume packages * Publish packages * Package management with Azure Artifacts 51 - MIGRATE CONSOLIDATING AND SECURE ARTIFACTS * Identify existing artifact repositories * Migrate and integrating artifact repositories * Secure access to package feeds * Examine roles * Examine permissions * Examine authentication 52 - IMPLEMENT A VERSIONING STRATEGY * Understand versioning of artifacts * Explore semantic versioning * Examine release views * Promote packages * Explore best practices for versioning 53 - INTRODUCTION TO GITHUB PACKAGES * Publish packages * Install a package * Delete and restore a package * Explore package access control and visibility 54 - IMPLEMENT TOOLS TO TRACK USAGE AND FLOW * Understand the inner loop * Explore Azure Monitor and Log Analytics * Examine Kusto Query Language (KQL) * Explore Application Insights * Implement Application Insights * Monitor application performance with Application Insights 55 - DEVELOP MONITOR AND STATUS DASHBOARDS * Explore Azure Dashboards * Examine view designer in Azure Monitor * Explore Azure Monitor workbooks * Explore Power BI * Build your own custom application 56 - SHARE KNOWLEDGE WITHIN TEAMS * Share acquired knowledge within development teams * Integrate with Azure Boards * Share team knowledge using Azure Project Wiki 57 - DESIGN PROCESSES TO AUTOMATE APPLICATION ANALYTICS * Explore rapid responses and augmented search * Integrate telemetry * Examine monitoring tools and technologies 58 - MANAGE ALERTS, BLAMELESS RETROSPECTIVES AND A JUST CULTURE * Examine when get a notification * Explore how to fix it * Explore smart detection notifications * Improve performance * Understand server response time degradation * Reduce meaningless and non-actionable alerts * Examine blameless retrospective * Develop a just culture

Agility has become a prized business attribute. Although Agile methods were once most associated with software development, they are now applied in a host of different areas. Agile continues to find new applications because it is primarily an attitude. This programme delivers a solid grounding in both the Agile mindset and Agile methods. It covers three methods, illustrates the benefits of each and shows how they can be integrated. It includes practical techniques as well as background knowledge. By the end of the session, participants will be able to: * Apply Agile concepts to self-manage their work * Understand the roles people take on in Agile teams * Use a variety of techniques to help deliver customer satisfaction * Focus on delivering against priorities * Employ a range of estimating techniques 1 INTRODUCTION * Overview of the programme * Review of participants' needs and objectives 2 THE BASICS OF AGILE * What makes Agile different * Agile Manifesto and Principles * Using feedback to deliver what is needed 3 AGILE TEAMS * Multi-disciplinary teams * Team size and empowerment * Agile values 4 AGILE AT THE TEAM LEVEL - SCRUM * Scrum roles * Scrum 'events' * Scrum 'artifacts' 5 AGILE FOR TEAMS JUGGLING MULTIPLE DEMANDS - KANBAN * Taking control of the work * Improving throughput * Dealing with bottlenecks 6 AGILE IN PROJECTS - AGILEPM * The phases of an Agile project * Managing change requests * Delivering on time 7 ESTIMATING * T-shirt / Pebble sizing * Yesterday's weather * Planning poker 8 PICK 'N' MIX - SOME USEFUL TECHNIQUES * The daily stand-up * User stories * Retrospectives * Work-in-process limits * Burndown charts * Minimum viable product * A / B testing 9 REVIEW AND ACTION PLANNING * Identify actions to be implemented individually * Conclusion

Duration 3 Days 18 CPD hours This course is intended for This course is geared for attendees with solid Python skills who wish to learn and use basic machine learning algorithms and concepts Overview This 'skills-centric' course is about 50% hands-on lab and 50% lecture, with extensive practical exercises designed to reinforce fundamental skills, concepts and best practices taught throughout the course. Topics Covered: This is a high-level list of topics covered in this course. Please see the detailed Agenda below Getting Started & Optional Python Quick Refresher Statistics and Probability Refresher and Python Practice Probability Density Function; Probability Mass Function; Naive Bayes Predictive Models Machine Learning with Python Recommender Systems KNN and PCA Reinforcement Learning Dealing with Real-World Data Experimental Design / ML in the Real World Time Permitting: Deep Learning and Neural Networks Machine Learning Essentials with Python is a foundation-level, three-day hands-on course that teaches students core skills and concepts in modern machine learning practices. This course is geared for attendees experienced with Python, but new to machine learning, who need introductory level coverage of these topics, rather than a deep dive of the math and statistics behind Machine Learning. Students will learn basic algorithms from scratch. For each machine learning concept, students will first learn about and discuss the foundations, its applicability and limitations, and then explore the implementation and use, reviewing and working with specific use casesWorking in a hands-on learning environment, led by our Machine Learning expert instructor, students will learn about and explore:Popular machine learning algorithms, their applicability and limitationsPractical application of these methods in a machine learning environmentPractical use cases and limitations of algorithms GETTING STARTED * Installation: Getting Started and Overview * LINUX jump start: Installing and Using Anaconda & Course Materials (or reference the default container) * Python Refresher * Introducing the Pandas, NumPy and Scikit-Learn Library STATISTICS AND PROBABILITY REFRESHER AND PYTHON PRACTICE * Types of Data * Mean, Median, Mode * Using mean, median, and mode in Python * Variation and Standard Deviation PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; PROBABILITY MASS FUNCTION; NAIVE BAYES * Common Data Distributions * Percentiles and Moments * A Crash Course in matplotlib * Advanced Visualization with Seaborn * Covariance and Correlation * Conditional Probability * Naive Bayes: Concepts * Bayes? Theorem * Naive Bayes * Spam Classifier with Naive Bayes PREDICTIVE MODELS * Linear Regression * Polynomial Regression * Multiple Regression, and Predicting Car Prices * Logistic Regression * Logistic Regression MACHINE LEARNING WITH PYTHON * Supervised vs. Unsupervised Learning, and Train/Test * Using Train/Test to Prevent Overfitting * Understanding a Confusion Matrix * Measuring Classifiers (Precision, Recall, F1, AUC, ROC) * K-Means Clustering * K-Means: Clustering People Based on Age and Income * Measuring Entropy * LINUX: Installing GraphViz * Decision Trees: Concepts * Decision Trees: Predicting Hiring Decisions * Ensemble Learning * Support Vector Machines (SVM) Overview * Using SVM to Cluster People using scikit-learn RECOMMENDER SYSTEMS * User-Based Collaborative Filtering * Item-Based Collaborative Filtering * Finding Similar Movie * Better Accuracy for Similar Movies * Recommending movies to People * Improving your recommendations KNN AND PCA * K-Nearest-Neighbors: Concepts * Using KNN to Predict a Rating for a Movie * Dimensionality Reduction; Principal Component Analysis (PCA) * PCA with the Iris Data Set REINFORCEMENT LEARNING * Reinforcement Learning with Q-Learning and Gym DEALING WITH REAL-WORLD DATA * Bias / Variance Tradeoff * K-Fold Cross-Validation * Data Cleaning and Normalization * Cleaning Web Log Data * Normalizing Numerical Data * Detecting Outliers * Feature Engineering and the Curse of Dimensionality * Imputation Techniques for Missing Data * Handling Unbalanced Data: Oversampling, Undersampling, and SMOTE * Binning, Transforming, Encoding, Scaling, and Shuffling EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN / ML IN THE REAL WORLD * Deploying Models to Real-Time Systems * A/B Testing Concepts * T-Tests and P-Values * Hands-on With T-Tests * Determining How Long to Run an Experiment * A/B Test Gotchas CAPSTONE PROJECT * Group Project & Presentation or Review DEEP LEARNING AND NEURAL NETWORKS * Deep Learning Prerequisites * The History of Artificial Neural Networks * Deep Learning in the TensorFlow Playground * Deep Learning Details * Introducing TensorFlow * Using TensorFlow * Introducing Keras * Using Keras to Predict Political Affiliations * Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN?s) * Using CNN?s for Handwriting Recognition * Recurrent Neural Networks (RNN?s) * Using an RNN for Sentiment Analysis * Transfer Learning * Tuning Neural Networks: Learning Rate and Batch Size Hyperparameters * Deep Learning Regularization with Dropout and Early Stopping * The Ethics of Deep Learning * Learning More about Deep Learning ADDITIONAL COURSE DETAILS: Nexus Humans Machine Learning Essentials with Python (TTML5506-P) training program is a workshop that presents an invigorating mix of sessions, lessons, and masterclasses meticulously crafted to propel your learning expedition forward. This immersive bootcamp-style experience boasts interactive lectures, hands-on labs, and collaborative hackathons, all strategically designed to fortify fundamental concepts. Guided by seasoned coaches, each session offers priceless insights and practical skills crucial for honing your expertise. Whether you're stepping into the realm of professional skills or a seasoned professional, this comprehensive course ensures you're equipped with the knowledge and prowess necessary for success. While we feel this is the best course for the Machine Learning Essentials with Python (TTML5506-P) course and one of our Top 10 we encourage you to read the course outline to make sure it is the right content for you. Additionally, private sessions, closed classes or dedicated events are available both live online and at our training centres in Dublin and London, as well as at your offices anywhere in the UK, Ireland or across EMEA.

Duration 4 Days 24 CPD hours This course is intended for Students in this course are interested in implementing DevOps processes or in passing the Microsoft Azure DevOps Solutions certification exam. Overview After completing this course, students will be able to: Plan for the transformation with shared goals and timelines Select a project and identify project metrics and Key Performance Indicators (KPI's) Create a team and agile organizational structure Design a tool integration strategy Design a license management strategy (e.g., Azure DevOps and GitHub users) Design a strategy for end-to-end traceability from work items to working software Design an authentication and access strategy Design a strategy for integrating on-premises and cloud resources Describe the benefits of using Source Control Describe Azure Repos and GitHub Migrate from TFVC to Git Manage code quality including technical debt SonarCloud, and other tooling solutions Build organizational knowledge on code quality Explain how to structure Git repos Describe Git branching workflows Leverage pull requests for collaboration and code reviews Leverage Git hooks for automation Use Git to foster inner source across the organization Explain the role of Azure Pipelines and its components Configure Agents for use in Azure Pipelines Explain why continuous integration matters Implement continuous integration using Azure Pipelines Define Site Reliability Engineering Design processes to measure end-user satisfaction and analyze user feedback Design processes to automate application analytics Manage alerts and reduce meaningless and non-actionable alerts Carry out blameless retrospectives and create a just culture Define an infrastructure and configuration strategy and appropriate toolset for a release pipeline and application infrastructure Implement compliance and security in your application infrastructure Describe the potential challenges with integrating open-source software Inspect open-source software packages for security and license compliance Manage organizational security and compliance policies Integrate license and vulnerability scans into build and deployment pipelines Configure build pipelines to access package security and license ratings This course provides the knowledge and skills to design and implement DevOps processes and practices. Students will learn how to plan for DevOps, use source control, scale Git for an enterprise, consolidate artifacts, design a dependency management strategy, manage secrets, implement continuous integration, implement a container build strategy, design a release strategy, set up a release management workflow, implement a deployment pattern, and optimize feedback mechanisms. MODULE 1: GET STARTED ON A DEVOPS TRANSFORMATION JOURNEY * Introduction to DevOps * Choose the right project * Describe team structures * Choose the DevOps tools * Plan Agile with GitHub Projects and Azure Boards * Introduction to source control * Describe types of source control systems * Work with Azure Repos and GitHub MODULE 2: DEVELOPMENT FOR ENTERPRISE DEVOPS * Structure your Git Repo * Manage Git branches and workflows * Collaborate with pull requests in Azure Repos * Explore Git hooks * Plan foster inner source * Manage Git repositories * Identify technical debt MODULE 3: IMPLEMENT CI WITH AZURE PIPELINES AND GITHUB ACTIONS * Explore Azure Pipelines * Manage Azure Pipeline agents and pools * Describe pipelines and concurrency * Explore Continuous integration * Implement a pipeline strategy * Integrate with Azure Pipelines * Introduction to GitHub Actions * Learn continuous integration with GitHub Actions * Design a container build strategy MODULE 4: DESIGN AND IMPLEMENT A RELEASE STRATEGY * Introduction to continuous delivery * Explore release strategy recommendations * Build a high-quality release pipeline * Introduction to deployment patterns * Implement blue-green deployment and feature toggles * Implement canary releases and dark launching * Implement A/B testing and progressive exposure deployment MODULE 5: IMPLEMENT A SECURE CONTINUOUS DEPLOYMENT USING AZURE PIPELINES * Create a release pipeline * Provision and test environments * Manage and modularize tasks and templates * Automate inspection of health * Manage application configuration data * Integrate with identity management systems * Implement application configuration MODULE 6: MANAGE INFRASTRUCTURE AS CODE USING AZURE AND DSC * Explore infrastructure as code and configuration management * Create Azure resources using Azure Resource Manager templates * Create Azure resources by using Azure CLI * Explore Azure Automation with DevOps * Implement Desired State Configuration (DSC) * Implement Bicep MODULE 7: IMPLEMENT SECURITY AND VALIDATE CODE BASES FOR COMPLIANCE * Introduction to Secure DevOps * Implement open-source software * Software Composition Analysis * Static analyzers * OWASP and Dynamic Analyzers * Security Monitoring and Governance MODULE 8: DESIGN AND IMPLEMENT A DEPENDENCY MANAGEMENT STRATEGY * Explore package dependencies * Understand package management * Migrate, consolidate, and secure artifacts * Implement a versioning strategy * Introduction to GitHub Packages MODULE 9: IMPLEMENT CONTINUOUS FEEDBACK * Implement tools to track usage and flow * Develop monitor and status dashboards * Share knowledge within teams * Design processes to automate application analytics * Manage alerts, Blameless retrospectives and a just culture ADDITIONAL COURSE DETAILS: Nexus Humans AZ-400 Designing and Implementing Microsoft DevOps Solutions training program is a workshop that presents an invigorating mix of sessions, lessons, and masterclasses meticulously crafted to propel your learning expedition forward. This immersive bootcamp-style experience boasts interactive lectures, hands-on labs, and collaborative hackathons, all strategically designed to fortify fundamental concepts. Guided by seasoned coaches, each session offers priceless insights and practical skills crucial for honing your expertise. Whether you're stepping into the realm of professional skills or a seasoned professional, this comprehensive course ensures you're equipped with the knowledge and prowess necessary for success. While we feel this is the best course for the AZ-400 Designing and Implementing Microsoft DevOps Solutions course and one of our Top 10 we encourage you to read the course outline to make sure it is the right content for you. Additionally, private sessions, closed classes or dedicated events are available both live online and at our training centres in Dublin and London, as well as at your offices anywhere in the UK, Ireland or across EMEA.

Duration 3 Days 18 CPD hours This course is intended for The intended audience for this course is experienced web developers who are new to User Experience (UX) and Responsive Design principles. These professionals typically have a solid understanding of front-end development technologies such as HTML, CSS, and JavaScript but seek to expand their skillset to create more user-centric, adaptable, and accessible web experiences. Roles that would benefit from this course include: Front-end Web Developers Full-stack Developers Web Designers Team Leads and Project Managers Freelance Web Developers Overview Working in a hands-on learning environment led by our expert UX coach, you'll learn to: Understand and apply UX principles and user-centered design processes: Participants will learn to identify the needs and preferences of users, create user personas, and apply UX best practices to develop intuitive, user-friendly web experiences. Design and implement responsive web layouts: Participants will gain the skills to create fluid grid layouts, use flexible images, and apply media queries to design web pages that adapt seamlessly across various devices and screen sizes. Optimize web performance for responsive designs: Participants will learn techniques to improve website performance, including image optimization, responsive images, and minification and concatenation of assets, ensuring a fast and smooth user experience across devices. Implement accessible web designs: Participants will understand the importance of accessibility in web design and learn to apply WCAG principles and accessible design patterns to create websites that are usable by a wide range of users, including those with disabilities. Collaborate effectively with designers, developers, and stakeholders: Participants will gain insights into design collaboration and handoff processes, enhancing their ability to communicate design decisions, provide and receive feedback, and work efficiently with team members and clients. In today's fast-paced digital world, user-centric and adaptable websites are no longer a luxury ? they're a necessity. By embracing UX and responsive design, you'll unlock the potential to elevate your websites, boosting user satisfaction and engagement. This, in turn, leads to higher conversion rates and a stronger online presence for your clients or organization, as well as better collaboration within your team, bridging the gap between designers, developers, and stakeholders.UX Design & Responsive Design for Experienced Web Developers is a three day, engaging hands-on workshop designed to equip you with the latest skills and best practices in User Experience (UX) and Responsive Web Design required to create seamless, user-friendly websites that adapt effortlessly across devices. This course will immerse you in the latest skills, best practices, and hands-on activities, empowering you to create exceptional, accessible websites that excel across devices and captivate users. Throughout the program you?ll explore the fundamentals of UX and responsive design, including user-centered design processes, mobile-first and desktop-first approaches, and design techniques for various devices and screen sizes. You'll gain practical experience creating responsive layouts, optimizing performance, and implementing accessible web designs, all while leveraging popular frameworks and design tools. You'll also gain valuable insights into performance optimization, accessibility, and collaboration strategies, ensuring you have the complete toolkit to excel in your field.By the end of this workshop, you?ll have gained a solid understanding of UX and responsive design principles, as well as hands-on experience in applying these concepts to real-world projects. You?ll be able to create more user-friendly, responsive, and accessible websites, and collaborate more effectively with your design and development teams. INTRODUCTION TO UX AND RESPONSIVE DESIGN: UNDERSTANDING USER EXPERIENCE * What is UX? * Importance of UX in web development * UX principles and best practices * User-centered design process RESPONSIVE WEB DESIGN BASICS * What is Responsive Web Design? * Importance of Responsive Design in modern web development * Fluid grid layout, flexible images, and media queries * Hands-on Activity: Creating a Responsive Layout * Designing a simple responsive layout using HTML, CSS, and media queries * Breakdown and explanation of the code * Testing responsiveness across different devices MOBILE-FIRST VS. DESKTOP-FIRST APPROACHES * Pros and cons of each approach * Deciding which approach to use DESIGNING FOR DIFFERENT DEVICES AND SCREEN SIZES * Common breakpoints and device considerations * Accessibility and usability across devices * Typography, color, and other design elements in responsive design * Hands-on Activity: Designing for Different Devices * Modifying the previously created responsive layout to optimize for various devices * Discussion and feedback on designs ADVANCED UX AND RESPONSIVE DESIGN TECHNIQUES: UX RESEARCH AND TESTING * Importance of UX research * Usability testing and user feedback * A/B testing and heatmaps NAVIGATION AND INFORMATION ARCHITECTURE * Designing effective and user-friendly navigation * Organizing content and information * Common navigation patterns in responsive design * Hands-on Activity: Designing Navigation for Responsive Websites * Adding navigation elements to the previously created responsive layout * Testing navigation on different devices and screen sizes * Discussion and feedback on navigation designs RESPONSIVE WEB DESIGN FRAMEWORKS AND TOOLS * Overview of popular frameworks (Bootstrap, Foundation, etc.) * Pros and cons of using frameworks * Introduction to design tools (Sketch, Figma, Adobe XD) * Hands-on Activity: Exploring Frameworks and Tools * Experimenting with a chosen framework or design tool * Redesigning the responsive layout using the selected framework/tool * Sharing experiences and discussing the benefits and drawbacks UX AND RESPONSIVE DESIGN BEST PRACTICES: DESIGN PATTERNS AND UI COMPONENTS * Common design patterns in responsive web design * Designing reusable UI components * Consistency and usability in UI components PERFORMANCE OPTIMIZATION * Importance of performance in responsive design * Image optimization and responsive images * Minification and concatenation of assets * Hands-on Activity: Optimizing Performance (1.5 hours) * Applying performance optimization techniques to the responsive layout * Testing the improvements in performance * Sharing results and discussing best practices ACCESSIBILITY IN UX AND RESPONSIVE DESIGN * Importance of accessibility in web design * Accessibility principles (WCAG) * Accessible design patterns and techniques * Hands-on Activity: Evaluating and Improving Accessibility Assessing the accessibility of the responsive layout * Implementing accessibility improvements * Testing and discussing the results * DESIGN COLLABORATION AND HANDOFF * Collaborating with designers, developers, and stakeholders * Effective communication and documentation * Design handoff tools and techniques * Hands-on Activity: Simulating Design Handoff * Participants will work in pairs to simulate a design handoff * Reviewing, discussing, and providing feedback on each other's responsive layouts * Sharing experiences and lessons learned