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CI/CD for Python Backend Guide
Master CI/CD applied to Python backends with FastAPI: GitHub Actions workflows, testing automation with Pytest + coverage, linting with Ruff/Black/mypy, pre-commit hooks, deployment automation to Railway/Render/Fly.io, environment management (dev/staging/prod), secrets handling, database migrations with Alembic in CI, and rollback strategies with blue-green and canary deployments. Build a production-ready pipeline that automates everything from commit to production.
- 40
- lessons
- 5
- modules
- English · Spanish
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- Yes
- certificate
- Free
- access
Outcomes
What you'll be able to do
- GitHub Actions: Workflows, jobs, steps, triggers (push, PR, schedule), matrix builds, artifacts, runners
- Testing Automation: Pytest + coverage in CI, quality gates, test reports as artifacts
- Linting & Formatting: Ruff, Black, isort, mypy wired into the CI pipeline
- Pre-commit Hooks: Local validation before every commit, configuration and custom hooks
- Deployment Automation: Automatic deploys to Railway, Render, Fly.io with Docker
- Database Migrations: Alembic as a step in the CI/CD pipeline, migration safety
- Environment Management: Dev, staging and production with separate configurations
- Secrets Handling: GitHub Secrets, environment variables, never in code
- Rollback Strategies: Blue-green deployments, canary releases, automatic rollback
- Capstone Project: A complete CI/CD pipeline for a FastAPI app, end-to-end
Content
The syllabus, module by module
Open any of them to see its lessons.
- 1. Module Introduction: GitHub Actions Fundamentals
- 2. The problem with the manual workflow + what CI/CD is
- 3. GitHub Actions architecture
- 4. Your first workflow: Hello YAML
- 5. Triggers: push, pull_request, schedule, workflow_dispatch
- 6. Matrix builds: testing on multiple Python versions
- 7. Artifacts and caching
- 8. Project: First CI Workflow
- 1. Introduction to Module 2: Testing & Linting Automation
- 2. Pytest in GitHub Actions
- 3. Coverage with pytest-cov + threshold
- 4. Ruff — Fast, unified linting
- 5. Black + isort — Consistent formatting
- 6. mypy — Static type checking
- 7. Pre-commit hooks — Instant local feedback
- 8. Project: Automated Quality Pipeline
Where it fits
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Common questions
What people usually ask
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