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Core DevOps Skills: Moving toward DevOps

Explore Agile, Spiral, and Waterfall deployment, enhance software management, compare DevOps with traditional methodologies, tackle challenges, and use automation tools.

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  • Skill level

    Beginner

  • Time to complete

    Approx. 2 hours

  • Certificate of completion

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  • Prerequisites

    None

About this course

The modern software development landscape is filled with companies trying to find their space in the global market. To expedite the creation of the best software possible, many companies leverage DevOps tools to help ensure the best code is quickly in front of the customer. In this course, learn the differences between software development and software deployment management, in addition to several software deployment models, such as the waterfall, iterative, spiral, V, big bang, and Agile models. Next, examine DevOps, its benefits, and how it differs from previous methodologies. Finally, discover challenges when embracing a DevOps methodology. Upon completion, you'll be able to define the elements of software management and deployments with a focus on comparing and contrasting DevOps to other methodologies.

Learning objectives

  • Discover the key concepts covered in this course
  • Recognize why software deployment management may be necessary
  • Outline the structure and benefits of the waterfall deployment model

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In this course, you'll watch videos created by industry-leading experts for some of the biggest tech companies in the world. They'll cover key concepts, go through sample applications, prepare you for industry certifications, and more. Watch on any device — whenever and wherever you want — to learn at your own pace.
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What is the Waterfall Model?

Codecademy Team
Jun 7, 2024

Developing software can be costly, and building the application itself is only a small step in the Software Development Life Cycle (aka SDLC). There are many steps that occur before and after, from planning to testing and releasing the app. The exact number of steps depends on which software development methodology a tech team uses, but many dev teams rely on the waterfall model.  

The video below provides a quick overview of the waterfall model and how it works. Read on to learn more details about when and how to use the waterfall model and how it compares to other software development methodologies.  

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