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)

Introduction to Containers and CI/CD

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Suggested Topics

• Why "it works on my machine" is a real problem in data engineering
• What containers are: isolated, reproducible environments for running code
• Containers vs virtual machines: lightweight isolation vs full OS emulation
• What CI/CD means: Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment
• How CI/CD applies to data projects: automated testing, linting, and deployment of pipelines
• The container workflow: build image, test locally, push to registry, deploy to cloud
• Overview of Docker, GitHub Actions, and Azure Container Registry
• How this week connects to later Azure deployment in Week 6

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