Building a Cloud Native Curriculum for Real-World Readiness
Talkat Cloud Native University 2025 · on Tuesday, 2025-04-01· at 15:55· Level 0 | ICC Capital Hall | Room J·
summary
A 13-week course redesign replaces small solo Java projects with one large Scrum project requiring a microservice architecture (minimum three services), at least two backend languages, ten sprints and six graded checkpoints, and open source delivery; it exposes 20–25 students per project to Git/GitHub workflows, Docker, Helm, CI/CD and Kubernetes while accepting students’ weak Linux/Bash skills. The curriculum uses UI tools (Dashboard, Headlamp, K9s), targets ~60–70% of CKA scope, and centralizes CI with prow CI running jobs as Kubernetes pods, receiving positive feedback from 300+ students.
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chapters (13)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:27Teaching role and student skills
- 3:56Challenges in software course
- 6:27Cloud native project model
- 8:13Teamwork benefits for careers
- 9:58Curriculum structure
- 12:29Kubernetes and 12-factor apps
- 14:17Linux and shell gaps
- 15:20CI/CD concepts and platform
- 17:55Introducing Prow
- 21:10Student feedback and impact
- 22:35Future improvements
- 23:38Closing
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