GitLab Intro: First Steps (Your First GitLab Page with Netlify)

What started in 2011 to help one team of programmers collaborate is now the platform millions of people use to deliver software faster more efficiently, while strengthening security and compliance. GitLab provides all the essential DevOps tools in one DevSecOps platform.

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1. Your First GitLab Page With Netlify — GITLAB INTRO: FIRST STEPS PRESENTED BY DAVID ONOH ON FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2023
2. Presenter Summary David Onoh Job Role: Full-stack Developer | Freelancer Catch Phrase: A sprout of Science in Computer Science and Specialty in diversity programs while you Netflix! Interests: Open Source, Artificial Intelligence, Software Engineering, Basketball, Hiking, Sci-Fi, and Literature.
3. GitLab Intro What started in 2011 as an open source project to help one team of programmers collaborate is now the platform millions of people use to deliver software faster, more efficiently, while strengthening security and compliance.
4. GitLab Features Fundamentally changing the way Development, Security, and Ops teams collaborate and build software - GitLab provides all of the essential DevOps tools in one DevSecOps platform. From idea to production, GitLab helps teams improve cycle time from weeks to minutes, reduce development costs, speed time to market, and deliver more secure and compliant applications.
5. GitLab: What You Need to Know UNDERSTANDING HOW THE DEVSECOPS PLATFORM WORKS Deliver Software Faster Build In Security Enhance Visibility Accelerate Digital Transfrormation Ensure Compliance Improve Collaboration
6. First Steps Hands On
7. Getting Started: The first time you visit GitLab, you will be greeted by the welcome page. You can read all about it here: https://about.gitlab.com/
8. Signing Up: You can login if you already have an account or sign up for one by filling up the form at the URI here: https://gitlab.com/users/sign_up/
9. Projects Home: You can see I already have an account with some projects up and running. Don't worry if your Home doesn't look like this: click on New project
10. Create From Template: You will be greeted with many options for starting out a project. To make it easy, we will use a preconfigured template: click on Create from template
11. Gatsby Starter: GitLab has several starter packs for creating an amazing portfolio of projects. We are going to be using the Gatsby option. Click on the Use template button next to Pages/Gatsby
12. Project Setup: Setup your project by filling out the form provided by the template and clicking on Create project
13. Project Repository: You will now have the default Gastby starter template cloned to your own account. You can trigger a pipeline by making commits
14. Make Changes: Now click on the README.md file and select the Edit option from the dropdown next to Open in Web IDE, make a few changes to the file and select the Commit changes at the end
15. New Commit: Your new changes will be pushed to GitLab, you should see a loading icon near your commit message indicating triggered jobs running in the background
16. Pipelines: With everything configured correctly, the site can take approximately 30 minutes to deploy. To view the triggered pipeline, go to CI/CD > Pipelines.
17. Jobs: You can also see background jobs run to setup your new deployment. See more details by clicking on each job button or selecting the Jobs tab.
18. Deployed: When the pipeline is done, go to Settings > Pages to find the link to your Pages website. If this path is not visible, select Deployments > Pages.
19. Pages: You can see your deployed site at https://<username>.gitlab.io/gatsby- gitlab-starter/ Example: https://pages.gitlab.io/gatsby/
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22. Do you have any questions? Send it to us! We hope you learned something new.
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