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Platform Engineering and Internal Developer Platforms

Build the "Goldilocks" platform — paved paths for developers, guardrails for operators, and a measurable product mindset.

Intermediate0.9 hours8 lessons
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What You'll Learn

  • ✓Define what platform engineering is, why it emerged, and how it differs from DevOps and SRE
  • ✓Apply Team Topologies to organise stream-aligned, platform, enabling, and complicated-subsystem teams
  • ✓Design golden paths and a Thinnest Viable Platform (TVP)
  • ✓Evaluate IDP tooling: Backstage, Port, Humanitec, Crossplane, Kratix, Argo CD
  • ✓Build developer portals with service catalogues, software templates, and scorecards
  • ✓Implement self-service infrastructure with policy guardrails
  • ✓Measure platform value with DORA, SPACE, and platform-specific KPIs
  • ✓Operate a platform as a product: discovery, roadmap, adoption, feedback

Prerequisites

  • •Familiarity with Kubernetes and CI/CD (see Kubernetes Basics and CI/CD Pipelines courses)
  • •Some exposure to DevOps practice and Infrastructure as Code

Course Curriculum

Module 1: Foundations

  1. 01What Platform Engineering Is (and Is Not)7 min
  2. 02Team Topologies for Platform Teams6 min
  3. 03The Thinnest Viable Platform and Golden Paths6 min

Module 2: Tooling

  1. 01Backstage, Port, and Developer Portals8 min
  2. 02Crossplane, Kratix, and the Control Plane Pattern7 min
  3. 03Argo CD and GitOps for Platform Teams7 min

Module 3: Practice

  1. 01Developer Experience, Scorecards, and Standards6 min
  2. 02Measuring Platform Success and Running it as a Product7 min

Practice for the Real Exam

After completing this course, test yourself with exam-style practice questions.

Practice CNPA QuestionsPractice CKA QuestionsPractice CKAD Questions