This document provides advice and recommendations for learning code and development practices. It encourages the reader to learn version control using Git, contribute to open source projects on GitHub, and build automation tools with others. Specific recommendations include setting up a Git repository, contributing a code change to the Docker project, and joining the Slack channel for an open source project called Vester. The document also promotes learning backup and disaster recovery products from Rubrik.

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2. Chris Wahl
Writer
Co-Host
Instructor
Chief Technologist
Author
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VMware
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@ChrisWahl | chris.wahl@rubrik.com

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13. Let’s Try Something Else

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Now what?

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Recognizing the Problem

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Recognizing the Opportunity

35. “You do not grow on a
secure path. All of us
should conquer something
in life. It needs a lot of
work, it needs a lot of risk.
To grow and improve you
need to be there at the edge
of uncertainty.”
- Francis Mallmann

37. Do you need to become a developer?

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41. Treating Ops more like Dev
DVCS – Distributed Version Control System
Artifact Control
Continuous Integration
Shared Repository Contribution
API Driven Automation

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Your reward for learning [code] is the improved ability to control
and automate the many technologies it integrates with. You can
use the same set of commands to filter, export, redirect, modify,
extend, and perform actions against output for all of these
technologies.
Warren Frame
http://ramblingcookiemonster.github.io/Why-PowerShell/

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https://twitter.com/Nathan_Shimek/

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47. Prescriptive Advice

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You want to do some stuff!
• Type up what you’re gonna do for the CAB
• Do it completely different
• Write down what you really did (90% accurate)
• Tell people what you did
• Fix things after

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50. Learn Git
Distributed Version Control System (DVCS)
“Why You Should Embrace Version Control for Operational
Artifacts”
“How to Setup and Configure Git Shell for Private Scripting
Projects”

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Make the
changes in a
safe place

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See exactly
what is being
proposed by
you or your
team

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Discuss the
changes and
propose
edits

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Enjoy history, roll-back, and details

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56. • Visual Studio Code
• via Microsoft and @vscode
• https://code.visualstudio.com/
• GitKraken
• via Axosoft
• https://www.gitkraken.com/
• GitHub Desktop
• via GitHub
• https://desktop.github.com/
• Also like the Git Shell install that comes with
Git Works Well With …

57. Set up a Repository
Stop using file shares
Lots of choices: GitHub, BitBucket, etc
It’s the new resume / curriculum vitae (CV)
Portal into your brain!

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62. Contribute to Something
https://github.com/docker/docker/pull/13657#
Scared the heck out of me
Met Gordon the Turtle
Learned what a cherry-pick was
Learned why you should sign your commits

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I’m a contributor to Docker
Can you guess what I submitted?

65. Build Something with Others
https://github.com/WahlNetwork/Vester
CI with AppVeyor
Unit Testing with Pester
How to handle a Pull Request
Semantic version control

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67. Join our Slack Channel!
https://code.vmware.com/join
#Vester

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70. Special “Thank You” to Rubrik

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73. Thank You!
@ChrisWahl