Benjamin Muschko
Independent Consultant, Automated Ascent
Benjamin Muschko is a software engineer, consultant, and trainer with more than 20 years of experience in the industry. He specializes in cloud-native application development and transformation, container solutions, DevSecOps, and Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery implementations. Ben is an author, a frequent speaker at conferences, and an avid open source advocate.Presentations
Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD) Crash Course
9:00 AM MDT
The ability to use, troubleshoot, and monitor Kubernetes as an application developer is in high demand. In response, the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) developed the Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD) program to establish credibility and value in the job market. The exam is different from the typical multichoice format of other certifications. It’s completely performance based, under immense time pressure, and requires deep knowledge of the tasks.
This full day hands-on workshop walks you through all the topics covered in the exam to fully prepare you to pass with flying colors. The course is suitable to beginners to Kubernetes. You'll learn when and how to apply Kubernetes concepts to manage an application.
I'll hand out print copies of the book “Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD) Study Guide: In-Depth Guidance and Practice, 1st Edition” for questions from the audience. I'll also provide a free 30-day trial access to the O'Reilly learning platform to read the 2nd edition of the book.
We'll cover the following topics and more:
- Pod and Namespace Management
- Multi-Container Pods
- Probes and Health Checks
- ConfigMaps and Secrets
- State Persistence
- Deployments and Deployment Strategies
- Custom Resource Definitions (CRD)
- Authentication, Authorization via Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)
- Services and Networking
- Troubleshooting Scenarios
Books
Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD) Study Guide, 2nd Edition
by Benjamin Muschko
This study guide walks you through all the topics you need to fully prepare for the Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD) exam. Author Benjamin Muschko also shares his personal experience with preparing for all aspects of the exam.New topics include: Deployment strategies, the Helm package manager, resources that extend Kubernetes (CRD), building container images, and more
Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS) Study Guide
by Benjamin Muschko
This study guide walks you through all the topics you need to fully prepare for the CertifiedSecurity Specialist (CKS) exam. Author Benjamin Muschko also shares his personal experience with preparing for all aspects of the exam.
Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) Study Guide
by Benjamin Muschko
This study guide walks you through all the topics you need to fully prepare for the Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) exam. Author Benjamin Muschko also shares his personal experience with preparing for all aspects of the exam.
Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD) Study Guide, 1st Edition
by Benjamin Muschko
This study guide walks you through all the topics you need to fully prepare for the Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD) exam. Author Benjamin Muschko also shares his personal experience with preparing for all aspects of the exam.
Gradle in Action
by Benjamin Muschko
Summary
Gradle in Action is a comprehensive guide to end-to-end project automation with Gradle. Starting with the basics, this practical, easy-to-read book discusses how to build a full-fledged, real-world project. Along the way, it touches on advanced topics like testing, continuous integration, and monitoring code quality. You'll also explore tasks like setting up your target environment and deploying your software.
About the Technology
Gradle is a general-purpose build automation tool. It extends the usage patterns established by its forerunners, Ant and Maven, and allows builds that are expressive, maintainable, and easy to understand. Using a flexible Groovy-based DSL, Gradle provides declarative and extendable language elements that let you model your project's needs the way you want.
About the Book
Gradle in Action is a comprehensive guide to end-to-end project automation with Gradle. Starting with the basics, this practical, easy-to-read book discusses how to establish an effective build process for a full-fledged, real-world project. Along the way, it covers advanced topics like testing, continuous integration, and monitoring code quality. You'll also explore tasks like setting up your target environment and deploying your software.
The book assumes a basic background in Java, but no knowledge of Groovy.
Purchase of the print book includes a free eBook in PDF, Kindle, and ePub formats from Manning Publications.
Whats Inside
- A comprehensive guide to Gradle
- Practical, real-world examples
- Transitioning from Ant and Maven
- In-depth plugin development
- Continuous delivery with Gradle
About the Author
Benjamin Muschko is a member of the Gradleware engineering team and the author of several popular Gradle plugins.
Table of Contents
- Introduction to project automation
- Next-generation builds with Gradle
- Building a Gradle project by example
- Build script essentials
- Dependency management
- Multiproject builds
- Testing with Gradle
- Extending Gradle
- Integration and migration
- IDE support and tooling
- Building polyglot projects
- Code quality management and monitoring
- Continuous integration
- Artifact assembly and publishing
- Infrastructure provisioning and deployment