DevOps & CI/CD for Developers: Automate, Deploy, and Scale Using Docker, Kubernetes & Jenkins - Paperback

by Priya Mendez (Author), Darius Kimani (Author), Isabella Trent (Author)

Turn every commit into a production-ready release.

DevOps & CI/CD for Developers is the complete, language-neutral guide to automating, testing, and shipping software at scale with Docker, Kubernetes, and Jenkins. Written for hands-on engineers, this book walks you step by step from a single-service container to a fully observable, self-healing, multi-cluster deployment.

What You'll Master

• DevOps Foundations - Version-controlled infrastructure, Git workflows, and trunk-based development that eliminate merge-day chaos.

• Continuous Integration, Delivery & Deployment - Design resilient pipelines that compile, test, scan, and promote artifacts automatically.

• Docker in Depth - Build minimal images, manage multi-stage builds, and secure secrets without bloating layers.

• Kubernetes at Scale - Craft manifests, Helm charts, and operators that keep microservices responsive under peak load.

• Jenkins Best Practices - Create declarative pipelines, parallelize stages, and integrate with GitHub Actions or GitLab.

• Security & Compliance - Shift-left scanning, SBOM generation, and policy-as-code to meet ISO 27001 and SOC 2.

• Observability - Centralized logging, distributed tracing, and automated rollbacks using Prometheus and Grafana.

• Cost-Smart Cloud Deployments - Right-size clusters, leverage spot instances, and use horizontal pod autoscaling to control spend.

• Hands-On Projects - Every chapter ends with a GitHub repo, pipeline YAML, and lab exercises to cement your skills.

Why This Book Becomes a Desk Staple

• Language & Cloud Agnostic - Applies equally to Node.js, Java, Python, or Go-AWS, Azure, GCP, or on-prem.

• Battle-Tested Patterns - Author distills a decade of real-world SRE and platform-engineering experience.

• Clarity First - No buzzwords; concepts are illustrated with annotated diagrams, checklists, and code you can copy-paste today.

Ideal Readers

• Backend and full-stack developers moving toward operational ownership

• DevOps engineers consolidating scattered knowledge into a single reference

• Tech leads standardizing delivery pipelines across diverse teams

Release confidently, recover instantly, and scale effortlessly-add DevOps & CI/CD for Developers to your cart now and transform your delivery pipeline from fragile to fail-proof.