Git Made Easy with GitKraken

Chris Berry Articles, Development Technologies & Tools, Git, Programming 1 Comment

GitKraken is a graphical user interface for Git built on top of the Electron framework – much like the popular Visual Code editor is. GitKraken is cross-platform, which means that developers can use it on Windows, Mac, and/or Linux. No matter what type of development environment youโ€™re working in, you can have the power of a graphical user interface for Git.

GitKraken has all of the expected features of a graphical user interface for source control usage, AND it has a few hidden jewels which make it an absolutely outstanding tool to use. These are listed and discussed in the blog below.

GitOps Declarative Continuous Deployment

[Video] GitOps – Declarative CD Intro, Kubernetes + ArgoCD Demo

Keyhole Software Cloud, DevOps, Git, Kubernetes, OpenShift, Videos Leave a Comment

GitOps provides a declarative approach for improving the management of application delivery.

In this 50-minute video, Keyhole Principal Consultant Jaime Niswonger discusses basic GitOps fundamentals and various implementations in a Kubernetes environment. He covers GitOps best practices that unify deployment, management, and monitoring for containerized clusters and applications. Then he introduces ArgoCD and shows its capabilities in an OpenShift/Kubernetes environment. Jaime includes his own experiences and what he has seen working with companies across various industries.

Infrastructure as Code Using Azure CLI

Todd Horn Architecture, Articles, Azure, Cloud, DevOps, Tutorial Leave a Comment

Infrastructure as Code (or IaC) is the process of using code and versioning in the same way you do your source code to manage your networks, VMS, and Azure resources. IaC generates the same environment every time it is applied, and itโ€™s an important DevOps practice to use alongside continuous delivery.

The release pipeline executes this model to configure target environments. If you need to make any changes, you edit the source, not the target environment. This allows you to create reliable and stable environments on-demand that can be validated, tested, and repeated.

In this blog, weโ€™ll look at how we can use Azure CLI and Azure DevOps Release Pipelines to make this happen. Iโ€™ll walk you through all the steps you need to take to get set up.

How and Why to Containerize Your Development

John Hoestje Articles, Development Technologies & Tools, Docker, Opinion, Python, Tutorial Leave a Comment

This is a tutorial for how to use the VS Code Remote-Containers extension to containerize your development environment.ย First, I will discuss my reasons for separating my programming environment and why virtual machines didnโ€™t work.ย Then, Iโ€™ll show a simple example using a containerized Python development environment.ย Finally, Iโ€™ll give you my reasons why containerizing the development environment fits what Iโ€™m looking for in a solution.