{"id":13,"date":"2026-10-13T19:01:36","date_gmt":"2026-10-13T19:01:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scmgalaxy.com\/tutorials\/2014\/07\/10\/build-and-release-engineer-training-2\/"},"modified":"2026-10-13T19:01:36","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T19:01:36","slug":"build-and-release-engineer-training-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/build-and-release-engineer-training-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Build and Release Engineer Training: Curriculum, Labs, and Toolchain Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Build and release engineering training helps teams control source changes, automate builds, and deliver reliable releases. This updated guide is for SCM engineers, build and release engineers, and developers who want a clear view of the course scope, practical labs, and toolchain options mentioned in the original listing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Originally published on 2014-07-10; fully revised and updated.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The information below is consolidated from the original SCMGalaxy course post and its linked pages. Where the original text appears inconsistent or dated, those points are highlighted for verification.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Who this training is designed for<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>SCM engineers and configuration management professionals.<\/li><li>Build and release engineers responsible for CI\/CD workflows.<\/li><li>Developers who need hands-on experience with branching, build automation, and deployments.<\/li><li>Candidates with an engineering or software background who want to move into build and release roles.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Published course format at a glance<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th>Course detail<\/th><th>Published information in original post<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>Training mode<\/td><td>Mentions <strong>Online<\/strong>, and also describes the course as <strong>on-site<\/strong>.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Workshop duration<\/td><td>Intensive 1-day and 2-day workshop format.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Lab emphasis<\/td><td>Approximately 80% practical lab work.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Assumptions<\/td><td>Participants should understand software development and SDLC basics.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Audience<\/td><td>SCM Engineer, Build\/Release Engineer, and developer audience.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Locations mentioned<\/td><td>Bangalore, Delhi, Pune, Mumbai, and Hyderabad.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Core curriculum modules<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Software Configuration Management overview.<\/li><li>Elements of Software Configuration Management.<\/li><li>Establishing change control procedures in SDLC.<\/li><li>Version management and source code management fundamentals.<\/li><li>Build management overview.<\/li><li>Packaging management overview.<\/li><li>Release and deployment management overview.<\/li><li>Concept of Continuous Integration.<\/li><li>Concept of Continuous Deployment.<\/li><li>Concept of Continuous Delivery.<\/li><li>Labs and assignments.<\/li><li>Questions and feedback.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Hands-on labs included in the original outline<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Install and configure source control tools (Git and SVN).<\/li><li>Practice branching, merging, and tagging.<\/li><li>Install and configure a CI tool (Jenkins).<\/li><li>Write sample build scripts using Ant, Maven, and Make.<\/li><li>Build sample Java and C++ products.<\/li><li>Deploy builds to Windows and Linux environments.<\/li><li>Use automation scripting with Perl and Bash.<\/li><li>Integrate tools such as Jira, Sonar, Cobertura, and unit test suites.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">End-to-end workflow practiced in labs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The course topics map naturally to a standard build-and-release flow from change request to deployment approval.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"mermaid\">\nflowchart LR\n    A[Plan change request] --> B[Create feature branch]\n    B --> C[Commit and push]\n    C --> D[CI build and tests]\n    D --> E[Code quality and coverage]\n    E --> F{Quality gate pass}\n    F -- no --> G[Fix code and rerun]\n    F -- yes --> H[Package artifact]\n    H --> I[Deploy to test environment]\n    I --> J[Release approval]\n    J --> K[Deploy to target environment]\n<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Example lab stack combinations<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The original post lists many tools; the combinations below are practical examples of how those listed tools can be paired in exercises.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th>Lab stack option<\/th><th>SCM<\/th><th>CI or workflow<\/th><th>Build and scripting<\/th><th>Release focus<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>Option A<\/td><td>Git<\/td><td>Jenkins<\/td><td>Maven + Bash<\/td><td>Package then deploy to Linux test environment<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Option B<\/td><td>Subversion<\/td><td>TeamCity<\/td><td>Ant + Make<\/td><td>Cross-platform deployment practice<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Option C<\/td><td>Team Foundation Server<\/td><td>Bamboo<\/td><td>MSBuild + PowerShell or shell<\/td><td>Enterprise release coordination<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Tool categories mentioned in the original post<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th>Category<\/th><th>Examples listed<\/th><th>Typical use in pipeline<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>Build workflow and CI<\/td><td>AnthillPro, Bamboo, CruiseControl, Hudson, TeamCity, Team Foundation Server<\/td><td>Automate builds, orchestrate jobs, trigger tests<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>SCM and version control<\/td><td>Git, Subversion, CVS, Mercurial, Perforce, ClearCase, AccuRev<\/td><td>Track changes, branching, merging, tagging<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Build tools and scripting<\/td><td>Ant, Maven, Make, Groovy, Shell scripts, Perl scripts, MSBuild<\/td><td>Compile, package, and automate build tasks<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Release and deployment<\/td><td>UDeploy, Chef, Puppet, Rational Team Concert<\/td><td>Promote artifacts and automate deployment<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Testing<\/td><td>JUnit, NUnit, MSTest, Selenium, TestNG, CppUnit<\/td><td>Unit, integration, and automated test execution<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Coverage and static analysis<\/td><td>Cobertura, Clover, Emma, Checkstyle, PMD, Sonar, Coverity, Fortify<\/td><td>Quality gates, code health, and risk reduction<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Issue tracking and planning<\/td><td>JIRA, Bugzilla, ClearQuest, VersionOne, TeamTrack<\/td><td>Defect flow, backlog, and release traceability<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Security and identity<\/td><td>Active Directory, Kerberos, LDAP, Single Sign-on, RSA SecurID<\/td><td>Authentication and access control integration<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>IDE and environment<\/td><td>Eclipse, RAD, Visual Studio, VMWare Lab Manager, Amazon Elastic Cloud<\/td><td>Developer productivity and lab infrastructure<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Practice commands and a sample CI pipeline<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These examples mirror common activities referenced in the training outline: branching, tagging, automated build, and test execution.<\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-1\" data-shcb-language-name=\"PHP\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"php\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-php language-bash\"><span class=\"hljs-comment\"># Git workflow practice<\/span>\n\ngit <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">clone<\/span> https:<span class=\"hljs-comment\">\/\/example.com\/repo.git<\/span>\ncd repo\ngit checkout -b feature\/release-pipeline\ngit add .\ngit commit -m <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"Add CI build script\"<\/span>\ngit push origin feature\/release-pipeline\n\ngit checkout main\ngit merge --no-ff feature\/release-pipeline\ngit tag -a v1<span class=\"hljs-number\">.0<\/span><span class=\"hljs-number\">.0<\/span> -m <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"Release v1.0.0\"<\/span>\ngit push origin main --tags<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-1\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">PHP<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">php<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-2\" data-shcb-language-name=\"PHP\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"php\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-php language-bash\"><span class=\"hljs-comment\"># Build tool practice<\/span>\n\nmvn -B clean verify\nant clean compile\nmake all<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-2\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">PHP<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">php<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-3\" data-shcb-language-name=\"JavaScript\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"javascript\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-javascript language-groovy\">pipeline {\n  agent any\n  stages {\n    stage(<span class=\"hljs-string\">'Checkout'<\/span>) {\n      steps { checkout scm }\n    }\n    stage(<span class=\"hljs-string\">'Build'<\/span>) {\n      steps { sh <span class=\"hljs-string\">'mvn -B clean package'<\/span> }\n    }\n    stage(<span class=\"hljs-string\">'Test'<\/span>) {\n      steps { sh <span class=\"hljs-string\">'mvn -B test'<\/span> }\n    }\n    stage(<span class=\"hljs-string\">'Archive'<\/span>) {\n      steps { archiveArtifacts artifacts: <span class=\"hljs-string\">'target\/*.jar'<\/span>, <span class=\"hljs-attr\">fingerprint<\/span>: <span class=\"hljs-literal\">true<\/span> }\n    }\n  }\n}<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-3\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">JavaScript<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">javascript<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Contact and related links from the original post<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Primary contact in the original listing: <a href=\"mailto:info@scmGalaxy.com\">info@scmGalaxy.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"events\/register\/index.html\">Training registration<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"index.php?option=com_icagenda&amp;view=list&amp;Itemid=389\">Upcoming training dates<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"index.php?option=com_k2&amp;view=item&amp;id=931\">Build and Release Training in Bangalore<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"index.php?option=com_k2&amp;view=item&amp;id=923\">Build and Release Training in India<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=40\">Build and Release Training in Hyderabad<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=39\">Build and Release Training in Delhi<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=40\">Build and Release Training in Pune<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Community links included in the original post: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/scmgalaxy\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/grp\/home?gid=1807520\">LinkedIn Group<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/scmGalaxy\">X\/Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCHpkw0X4k9cwQmqF2XiBxlA\">YouTube<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/scmgalaxy.blogspot.in\/\">Blogger<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/scmgalaxy\">SlideShare<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/scmgalaxy.wordpress.com\/\">WordPress<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Best practices before enrolling<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Confirm whether delivery is currently online, on-site, or hybrid.<\/li><li>Ask which tools are actively taught today versus legacy or optional tools.<\/li><li>Request the exact lab environment (OS, language stack, and build tooling).<\/li><li>Verify expected outcomes: portfolio artifacts, assessments, and completion criteria.<\/li><li>Align the curriculum with your team\u2019s real pipeline (SCM, CI, testing, deployment, and quality gates).<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This revised guide organizes the original Build and Release Engineer training post into a clear curriculum, lab workflow, and toolchain reference. 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