🚀 My DevOps Journey – Week 1: Docker, Linux, Django, React & More

Welcome to Week 1 of my DevOps learning journey! This week was full of practical learning, real struggles, and small wins as I dived into Docker, revised Linux deeply, set up Django with Tailwind, started React, and practiced JavaScript + DSA. I'm documenting this weekly to stay consistent, share my growth, and help others on the same path.

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🧠 What I Learned This Week

🐳 Docker

• Learned the basics of Docker: containers, images, Dockerfiles

• Created Dockerfiles for:

  • A Django app

  • A Node.js app

• Realized that HTML/CSS/JS apps don’t require Docker usually — since they don’t run a backend, they can be hosted directly (e.g., via GitHub Pages, Netlify)

🐧 Linux & Shell Scripting

• Revised key Linux concepts for DevOps:

  • Mounting, partitioning disks, file systems

  • User management, file permissions

  • Navigating directories efficiently

• Practiced shell scripting:

  • Loops, conditionals, user input

  • Wrote basic automation scripts

🐍 Django + Tailwind

• Created a new Django project

• Set up Tailwind CSS inside Django (⚠️ Tailwind docs were hard — use YouTube tutorials instead!)

• Understood Django template engine and Jinja syntax

• Chai with Code YouTube channel (especially good for JS learners)

• ✅ Configured Django Admin Panel

  • Created superuser

  • Registered and tested models in the admin dashboard

🌐 HTML / CSS / JS + React

• Revisited HTML, CSS, and JavaScript by:

  • Building mini projects (DOM games, clock, UI components)

  • Creating a basic portfolio site (not advanced — just for revision)

• Started learning React after revising basics

  • First impression: JSX feels weird at first but powerful

📊 DSA

• Solved DSA problems with:

  • Striver's Sheet (great roadmap)

  • Chai with Code YouTube channel (especially good for JS learners)

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🛠️ What I Built

• Dockerized Django and Node.js apps

• Multiple JS mini projects

• Basic portfolio site using HTML/CSS/JS

• Shell scripts for Linux tasks

• Django Admin panel for managing models

• Practiced DSA daily

🔗 GitHub links will be added soon once projects are cleaned and committed.

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❌ What Went Wrong

• Tailwind with Django was a pain to configure — docs aren’t beginner-friendly

• Faced Docker errors like:

  • Port conflicts

  • Layer caching issues

• Django documentation felt dense — videos are more helpful early on

• Still need to revisit docker-compose for multi-container projects

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💡 My Advice to Beginners

• Docker: Start with small apps (like Hello World , Node.js or Django)

• Linux: Practice commands + automate small tasks via shell scripts

• Django: Use Tailwind, but don’t rely on docs — go for YouTube tutorials

• React: Revise core HTML/CSS/JS before jumping into it

• DSA: Stick to a fixed source (e.g., Striver’s Sheet )

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📌 Week 2 Plan

Here’s what I’ll focus on next week:

• Learn docker-compose (multi-container orchestration)

• Deploy Django app with Docker + Nginx

• Continue React basics (props, state, components)

• Push all projects to GitHub and update links

• Explore Linux system logging (journalctl, cron, systemd)

• Build basic CRUD backend with Django/Sql

• Explore GitHub Actions for CI/CD setup

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🏁 Wrap-Up

Week 1 of my DevOps journey ✅
I’m feeling more confident with the core tools and ready to start combining them into real-world projects. If you're learning too — feel free to connect or share what you're building!