A decade ago, "DevOps" was a specialist team's job. Today, most junior developer roles expect at least a working knowledge of the basics — and students who skip this often struggle in their first few weeks on the job.
Version Control Beyond the Basics
Knowing git add and git commit isn't enough anymore. Understanding branching strategies, resolving merge conflicts confidently, and writing clear commit messages are baseline expectations in any real engineering team.
CI/CD and Deployment Fundamentals
Understanding what a CI/CD pipeline actually does — running tests automatically, deploying on merge — even without configuring one yourself, helps you understand why your code needs to pass certain checks before it ships. Basic familiarity with containers (Docker) and cloud deployment concepts rounds out what most employers now expect.
We fold these fundamentals into our Web Development and DevOps modules specifically because students who understand this workflow settle into their first job faster and with far less friction.
