Introduction to Containers and CI/CD

Dependency Management

Docker Fundamentals

Environment Variables and Configuration

Python CI Pipeline

Azure Container Registry and Deployment

Practice

Assignment

Gotchas & Pitfalls

Week 5 Lesson Plan (Teachers)

Dependency Management

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Suggested Topics

• Why dependency management matters: reproducibility across environments
• requirements.txt: creating, pinning versions, and installing with pip
• Poetry: pyproject.toml, lock files, and virtual environment management
• Choosing one approach and using it consistently across the project
• Pinning exact versions vs version ranges: trade-offs
• Separating production and development dependencies
• Common pitfalls: conflicting versions, missing transitive dependencies
• How dependency files feed into your Dockerfile
• Keeping dependencies up to date: manual review and Dependabot

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