Continuous Delivery for Cloud Native Java Apps

This course provides a hands-on, real-world application of how to build a continuous delivery pipeline using popular tools like Maven and Jenkins with Java

Introduction

• Delivering modern Java applications
• What you should know
• Lab setup

1. Foundations of Continuous Delivery

• What is continuous delivery?
• Principles of continuous delivery
• Continuous integration, delivery, and deployment
• Delivery pipelines
• Modern Java applications

2. Developing Modern Java Apps

• Developer workflow
• Course project overview
• Local workstation setup
• Monorepo vs. polyrepo
• Creating polyrepos in GitHub

3. Building Applications with Gradle

• Build tools
• Getting started with Gradle
• Gradle build structure
• Gradle Wrapper
• Gradle tasks and plug-ins
• Gradle task graph
• Managing dependencies with Gradle
• Building Spring Boot applications with Gradle

4. Packaging Applications with Maven

• Getting started with Maven
• Maven Java configuration
• Maven plug-ins
• Maven life cycle and phases
• Adding dependencies with Maven
• Building Spring Boot applications with Maven

5. Continuous Integration with Jenkins

• Continuous integration overview
• Getting started with Jenkins
• Creating a Jenkins pipeline
• Pipeline stages
• Environment variables
• Jenkins projects
• Maven builds in Jenkins
• Containers
• Creating a Dockerfile
• Building container images in Jenkins
• Publishing container images to GitHub packages

6. Continuous Delivery with Argo CD

• Continuous delivery overview
• Container orchestration
• Managing Kubernetes resources with Kustomize
• Creating a CD pipeline
• Triggering the CD pipeline
• Automated deployment
• Configuring Kubernetes security
• Deploying microservices with Argo CD
• Continuous delivery with Argo CD
• Continuous deployment with Argo CD

Course Wrap-Up

• Course wrap-up