<p>Preparing a &quot;Java for DevOps&quot; course where students could learn the DevOps culture and how to program with the Java programming language would be a very good idea. The given subjects provide a strong base. These are some of the ways you would structure these topics for your meeting, and further— in some of their expansion—to draw relevance to the DevOps perspective and ensure they are exhaustive.</p>
<p><strong>Introduction to DevOps:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Definition and key principles of DevOps.</li>
<li>Importance of the mentioned processes, such as collaboration,
automation, continuous integration, continuous deployment, and
monitoring in the flow of work items in a DevOps approach.</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>The Role of Programming in DevOps:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><p>Why learning Java or another programming language is critical for
DevOps professionals.</p>
</li>
<li><p>These describe how the programming skills will support automation and
script writing for the CI/CD pipelines and Infrastructure as Code, in
addition to more tool customization.</p>
</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Java Programming Language Overview:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><p>Key features of Java and its ecosystem.</p>
</li>
<li><p>The significance of Java in enterprise environments and its
compatibility with various DevOps tools.</p>
</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Keywords in Java:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><p>Explanation of Java keywords and their roles in controlling program
flow.</p>
</li>
<li><p>Examples of keywords like class, public, static, void, and their
usage.</p>
</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Keyword Categories:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><p>Categorizing Java keywords (e.g., access modifiers, control
structures, data types, exception handling keywords).</p>
</li>
<li><p>Discussing how these categories relate to writing efficient and
secure Java applications.</p>
</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) Concepts:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><p>Core OOP principles: encapsulation, inheritance, polymorphism, and
abstraction.</p>
</li>
<li><p>Discussing how OOP principles support the modular, scalable software
development that DevOps practices encourage.</p>
</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Functional Programming (FP) Concepts:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><p>The basics of functional programming in Java.</p>
</li>
<li><p>How FP concepts—such as lambda expressions and streams—help us make
our coding easier and even more productive, especially in collections
processing?</p>
</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Hello World Program:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><p>Writing and explaining a simple &quot;Hello World&quot; program in Java.</p>
</li>
<li><p>Demonstrates how to compile and run a Java application with enough
context to appreciate the background for automated builds and
deployments.</p>
</li>
</ul>
<p>If the following are included, then the participants of your &quot;Java for DevOps&quot; course will have a pretty good idea of how the knowledge and skills acquired on Java programming will enable them to increase their impact in a DevOps environment. This course should be complete, covering all the theoretically required stuff; moreover, it should have practical exercises and examples on how to apply Java during automation and optimization of DevOps flows.</p>

CC BY-SA 4.0
2024-03-20T11:17:49.563Z
2024-03-20T11:17:49.563Z
Tanu Rai
<p>Even with the rationale you edited in, I don't really see a point.</p>

<p>DevOps is an intersection of Dev, Ops (and more, like Security and maybe Testing) in a cultural sense. But on a technological sense, you will always have people in a mixed team who are good at one of those but not the others, and that is fine. </p>

<p>For example: you might deploy something like Kubernetes or OpenShift; and then you will for sure have ops-sided people who are expert at running the low-level stuff, tuning your NAS, adapting your orchestration to a cloud provider of your choice, or to on-premise bare-metal servers and so on. You will <em>not</em>, usually, have all of your developers do the same; they may <em>use</em> those things provided by the others. The ops guys might never see a piece of application code at all; and you would still call it "DevOps".</p>

<p>What your devs will be able to do is manage the full lifecycle of their applications, from source code to production, using the tools provided by the ops guys. When one says that devs do jobs that ops used to do in the past, one means that the automation makes it so that the environments (dev, test, int, prod...) are mostly the same; that deploying to them is as automated as humanly possible (without requiring manual ops, and most importantly without requiring a handover of binaries etc. between devs and ops); that there is a complete, unbroken technological chain from source to prod; including things like virtual networks automatically springing into existence and so on. One does <em>not</em> mean that devs troubleshoot hardware or networking on a low layer.</p>

<p>The same goes for your ops guys. They will most certainly not try to change the application code proper after a few seminars on it, unless you are talking about really small companies with 3-person teams who need to do so out of sheer necessity.</p>

<p>Note that I am not saying that it is not possible to be one person who does both development and operations work. Is is an absolute gold mine to have such people available; and some companies foster that by, for example, rotating devs into low-level ops groups occasionally. But those guys are not your target audience. By the topics you listed in your question, you are targeting ops guys who have never in their life coded anything ("hello world").</p>

<p>If you actually <em>want</em> your ops guys to grow into coding instead of just clicking around in GUIs, modifying or creating config files and such, then here are some suggestions:</p>

<ul>
<li>If they are writing the occasional <code>bash</code> script already, point out advances constructs to them (loops, functions, error handling, etc.).</li>
<li>Try to get them interested in some dynamic language like <code>perl</code> or <code>ruby</code> for a low-hanging fruit, one step above shell scripts.</li>
<li>Introduce them to <code>go</code>, which is really nice for standalone command line applications and especially automation tools. It should satisfy the need to learn something new which should go really well on anyone's resume, and will satisfy the naysayers regarding non-natively compiled languages.</li>
</ul>

<p>... and so on. But don't try to sell them "Java" as a route into "DevOps".</p>

CC BY-SA 3.0
2018-04-30T17:10:52.873Z
2018-04-30T17:10:52.873Z
AnoE
<p>I am preparing a course about "Java for DevOps". From a DevOps perspective, what topics should be covered during the meeting?</p>

<p>I was thinking about the following topics:</p>

<ol>
<li>What is DevOps?</li>
<li>Why should I learn Java or a programming language that the team is using from a DevOps perspective?</li>
<li>Java itself

<ul>
<li>keywords</li>
<li>keyword categories</li>
<li>OOP</li>
<li>FP</li>
<li>Hello World</li>
</ul></li>
</ol>

<p>The aim of this question is to get feedback. On one hand I think that these topics will cover "Java for DevOps", but on the other hand I would like to know whether other people agree with this or what topics they would cover if they will organize the course?</p>

<p>The target audience consists of Senior/Medior Quality Assurance, Senior/Medior Operations and some Junior Developers.</p>

<p><strong>Rationale</strong></p>

<p>According to Wikipedia, DevOps is the intersection of Development, Operations and Quality Assurance.</p>

<p>Development: creates features, i.e. add business value
Operations: ensures that the software runs stable
Quality Assurance: tests the software by clicking in the UI for example</p>

<p>DevOps: intersection, i.e. automated, stable, tested software sooner to the customer</p>

<p>As development creates new feature, it would be beneficial for the company and also the developers that Testers and Operations automate more and start to fix bugs, then Development could create more features.</p>

<p>If everything goes well, perhaps some testers and operations could create features in a couple of months/years as well.</p>

CC BY-SA 3.0
2018-04-30T16:17:04.447Z
What's the reasoning behind doing a "Java for DevOps" course?
AnoE
CC BY-SA 3.0
2018-04-30T16:28:23.220Z
@AnoE The question has been updated.
030
CC BY-SA 3.0
2018-04-30T17:23:17.073Z
Maybe the angle "DevOps in Java domain" would give more drive? Actually, we should ask Maven archetype devs to include Dockerfiles..
Ta Mu
<java><training>
What topics should at least be included in a Java for DevOps course?
030
# What topics should at least be included in a Java for DevOps course?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-04-30)

I am preparing a course about "Java for DevOps". From a DevOps perspective, what topics should be covered during the meeting?

I was thinking about the following topics:

1. What is DevOps?
2. Why should I learn Java or a programming language that the team is using from a DevOps perspective?
3. Java itself
   * keywords
   * keyword categories
   * OOP
   * FP
   * Hello World

The aim of this question is to get feedback. On one hand I think that these topics will cover "Java for DevOps", but on the other hand I would like to know whether other people agree with this or what topics they would cover if they will organize the course?

The target audience consists of Senior/Medior Quality Assurance, Senior/Medior Operations and some Junior Developers.

**Rationale**

According to Wikipedia, DevOps is the intersection of Development, Operations and Quality Assurance.

Development: creates features, i.e. add business value
Operations: ensures that the software runs stable
Quality Assurance: tests the software by clicking in the UI for example

DevOps: intersection, i.e. automated, stable, tested software sooner to the customer

As development creates new feature, it would be beneficial for the company and also the developers that Testers and Operations automate more and start to fix bugs, then Development could create more features.

If everything goes well, perhaps some testers and operations could create features in a couple of months/years as well.

**Tags:** java, training

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: What's the reasoning behind doing a "Java for DevOps" course?  
> **username_0**: @username_1 The question has been updated.  
> **username_2**: Maybe the angle "DevOps in Java domain" would give more drive? Actually, we should ask Maven archetype devs to include Dockerfiles..  

---

## 2 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2018-04-30. Score: 3 | Accepted answer

Even with the rationale you edited in, I don't really see a point.

DevOps is an intersection of Dev, Ops (and more, like Security and maybe Testing) in a cultural sense. But on a technological sense, you will always have people in a mixed team who are good at one of those but not the others, and that is fine.

For example: you might deploy something like Kubernetes or OpenShift; and then you will for sure have ops-sided people who are expert at running the low-level stuff, tuning your NAS, adapting your orchestration to a cloud provider of your choice, or to on-premise bare-metal servers and so on. You will *not*, usually, have all of your developers do the same; they may *use* those things provided by the others. The ops guys might never see a piece of application code at all; and you would still call it "DevOps".

What your devs will be able to do is manage the full lifecycle of their applications, from source code to production, using the tools provided by the ops guys. When one says that devs do jobs that ops used to do in the past, one means that the automation makes it so that the environments (dev, test, int, prod...) are mostly the same; that deploying to them is as automated as humanly possible (without requiring manual ops, and most importantly without requiring a handover of binaries etc. between devs and ops); that there is a complete, unbroken technological chain from source to prod; including things like virtual networks automatically springing into existence and so on. One does *not* mean that devs troubleshoot hardware or networking on a low layer.

The same goes for your ops guys. They will most certainly not try to change the application code proper after a few seminars on it, unless you are talking about really small companies with 3-person teams who need to do so out of sheer necessity.

Note that I am not saying that it is not possible to be one person who does both development and operations work. Is is an absolute gold mine to have such people available; and some companies foster that by, for example, rotating devs into low-level ops groups occasionally. But those guys are not your target audience. By the topics you listed in your question, you are targeting ops guys who have never in their life coded anything ("hello world").

If you actually *want* your ops guys to grow into coding instead of just clicking around in GUIs, modifying or creating config files and such, then here are some suggestions:

* If they are writing the occasional `bash` script already, point out advances constructs to them (loops, functions, error handling, etc.).
* Try to get them interested in some dynamic language like `perl` or `ruby` for a low-hanging fruit, one step above shell scripts.
* Introduce them to `go`, which is really nice for standalone command line applications and especially automation tools. It should satisfy the need to learn something new which should go really well on anyone's resume, and will satisfy the naysayers regarding non-natively compiled languages.

... and so on. But don't try to sell them "Java" as a route into "DevOps".


---

### Answer by username_3 on 2024-03-20. Score: 0

Preparing a "Java for DevOps" course where students could learn the DevOps culture and how to program with the Java programming language would be a very good idea. The given subjects provide a strong base. These are some of the ways you would structure these topics for your meeting, and further— in some of their expansion—to draw relevance to the DevOps perspective and ensure they are exhaustive.

**Introduction to DevOps:**

* Definition and key principles of DevOps.
* Importance of the mentioned processes, such as collaboration,
  automation, continuous integration, continuous deployment, and
  monitoring in the flow of work items in a DevOps approach.

**The Role of Programming in DevOps:**

* Why learning Java or another programming language is critical for
  DevOps professionals.
* These describe how the programming skills will support automation and
  script writing for the CI/CD pipelines and Infrastructure as Code, in
  addition to more tool customization.

**Java Programming Language Overview:**

* Key features of Java and its ecosystem.
* The significance of Java in enterprise environments and its
  compatibility with various DevOps tools.

**Keywords in Java:**

* Explanation of Java keywords and their roles in controlling program
  flow.
* Examples of keywords like class, public, static, void, and their
  usage.

**Keyword Categories:**

* Categorizing Java keywords (e.g., access modifiers, control
  structures, data types, exception handling keywords).
* Discussing how these categories relate to writing efficient and
  secure Java applications.

**Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) Concepts:**

* Core OOP principles: encapsulation, inheritance, polymorphism, and
  abstraction.
* Discussing how OOP principles support the modular, scalable software
  development that DevOps practices encourage.

**Functional Programming (FP) Concepts:**

* The basics of functional programming in Java.
* How FP concepts—such as lambda expressions and streams—help us make
  our coding easier and even more productive, especially in collections
  processing?

**Hello World Program:**

* Writing and explaining a simple "Hello World" program in Java.
* Demonstrates how to compile and run a Java application with enough
  context to appreciate the background for automated builds and
  deployments.

If the following are included, then the participants of your "Java for DevOps" course will have a pretty good idea of how the knowledge and skills acquired on Java programming will enable them to increase their impact in a DevOps environment. This course should be complete, covering all the theoretically required stuff; moreover, it should have practical exercises and examples on how to apply Java during automation and optimization of DevOps flows.


---

