Track

Developer Fundamentals

For application developers, full-stack engineers, and DevOps practitioners. No Kubernetes background required.

About this track

Build, deploy, and operate real applications on Codesphere — end to end.

Format

  • Pre-reading (Module 1) — self-paced, before the on-site. Workspace Toolkit. Platform foundations live in the separate Core Concepts track.
  • On-site course (Modules 2–6) — instructor-led, five 90-minute blocks:   2. CI, Landscapes & Runtimes   3. Virtual Clusters & Managed Services   4. Automation with the API & CLI   5. Marketplace & Landscape-based Service Providers   6. Building a REST-based Service Provider

What you'll be able to do

  • Explain how Workspaces, Landscapes, and Runtimes fit together, and pick the right runtime for a workload.
  • Write and iterate on a ci.yml from scratch — stages, path-based routing, environment variables, secret references.
  • Deploy a Landscape, connect a domain, and configure the access model that fits.
  • Consume Managed Services (e.g. PostgreSQL) from an application, with credentials sourced from the platform vault.
  • Turn on monitoring, read logs and health signals, and troubleshoot the common failure modes.
  • Drive Codesphere from outside the UI — the cs CLI and the Public API — and wire preview deployments to a Git provider.
  • Reason about the Managed Services catalog: landscape-based vs. REST-backed providers, and how to publish your own when your organization needs it.

Curriculum

The blocks in the order they are meant to be read. Blocks marked with a quiz end in a short self-check.

01Workspace Toolkit: Code & Collaborate

  1. The Cloud IDE & Workspace Architecture
    Prework
  2. Live Collaboration
    Prework
  3. Git & Source Control Integration
    Prework
  4. Connecting to a Workspace via SSH
    Prework

02CI, Landscapes & Runtimes

  1. Set Up a Workspace & the CI Profile
    Onsite
  2. Deploy a Managed Container
    Onsite
  3. Set Custom Domains & Routing
    Onsite
  4. Observe your Deployment
    Onsite

03Virtual Clusters & Managed Services

  1. Deploy Applications into a Virtual Cluster
    Onsite
  2. Bridge to Virtual Clusters via Headless Services
    Onsite
  3. Create a Managed PostgreSQL Database
    Onsite

04Automation with the API & CLI

  1. Getting Started with the CLI (`cs`)
    Onsite
  2. CLI Command Reference (Essentials)
    Onsite
  3. The Public API — Authentication and First Calls
    Onsite
  4. Automating Tasks with the API
    Onsite
  5. Preview Deployments & On-Site Checkpoint
    Onsite

05Marketplace & Landscape-based Service Providers

  1. Author `provider.yml` for Mealie
    Onsite
  2. Register, Book & Tear Down the Provider
    Onsite

06Building a REST-based Service Provider

  1. Implement the REST Backend Contract
    Onsite
  2. Register & Consume Your Provider
    Onsite