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[Task]: Video series 06 - Projects & Environments

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Assessment

Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness
68/100
Issue type
Documentation
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Active
Tech stack
java
Domain
documentation

Research direction

Create video 06 in the project’s video series. Start by reviewing the existing series videos and project and environment documentation to match their terminology and format. Cover projects, folders, groups, lifecycle environments, configuration files and secrets, plugins, resources, and switching; the video is done when each requested topic is addressed.

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Description

awaiting triage Documentation P3
What needs to happen?

Projects & Environments

  • What is a project?
  • What is in a project folder - pipelines, workflows, metadata, datasets, reference data, ...
  • Mention the importance of keeping all this together in one folder for version control (next video)
  • Switching between projects
  • Organizing projects in groups
  • What is a project lifecycle environment?
  • General options (name, purpose, project)
  • Configuration files: how to add, select, organize JSON config files, careful with secrets (mention the security video in this series)
  • How to ensure you have the right marketplace plugins installed for your environment
  • How to make sure you have sufficient resources available for your environment
  • Switching between environments
Issue Priority

Priority: 3

Issue Component

Component: Documentation

Dominant language
Java
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