# Technical Articles

[Technical Articles](../development/writing_documentation.md#technical-articles) are
topic-related documentation, written with an user-friendly approach and language, aiming
to provide the community with guidance on specific processes to achieve certain objectives.

They are written by members of the GitLab Team and by
[Community Writers](https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/product/technical-writing/community-writers/).

Part of the articles listed below link to the [GitLab Blog](https://about.gitlab.com/blog/),
where they were originally published.

## GitLab Pages

Learn how to deploy a static website with [GitLab Pages](../user/project/pages/index.md#getting-started):

| Article title | Category | Publishing date |
| :------------ | :------: | --------------: |
| **Series: GitLab Pages from A to Z:** |
| [- Part 1: Static sites and GitLab Pages domains](../user/project/pages/getting_started_part_one.md)| User guide | 2017-02-22 |
| [- Part 2: Quick start guide - Setting up GitLab Pages](../user/project/pages/getting_started_part_two.md)| User guide | 2017-02-22 |
| [- Part 3: Setting Up Custom Domains - DNS Records and SSL/TLS Certificates](../user/project/pages/getting_started_part_three.md)| User guide | 2017-02-22 |
| [- Part 4: Creating and tweaking `.gitlab-ci.yml` for GitLab Pages](../user/project/pages/getting_started_part_four.md)| User guide | 2017-02-22 |
| [Setting up GitLab Pages with CloudFlare Certificates](https://about.gitlab.com/2017/02/07/setting-up-gitlab-pages-with-cloudflare-certificates/) | Tutorial | 2017-02-07 |
| [Building a new GitLab Docs site with Nanoc, GitLab CI, and GitLab Pages](https://about.gitlab.com/2016/12/07/building-a-new-gitlab-docs-site-with-nanoc-gitlab-ci-and-gitlab-pages/) | Tutorial | 2016-12-07 |
| [Publish Code Coverage Report with GitLab Pages](https://about.gitlab.com/2016/11/03/publish-code-coverage-report-with-gitlab-pages/) | Tutorial | 2016-11-03 |
| [GitLab CI: Deployment & Environments](https://about.gitlab.com/2016/08/26/ci-deployment-and-environments/) | Tutorial | 2016-08-26 |
| [Posting to your GitLab Pages blog from iOS](https://about.gitlab.com/2016/08/19/posting-to-your-gitlab-pages-blog-from-ios/) | Tutorial | 2016-08-19 |
| **Series: Static Site Generator:** |
| [- Part 1: Dynamic vs Static Websites](https://about.gitlab.com/2016/06/03/ssg-overview-gitlab-pages-part-1-dynamic-x-static/) | Tutorial | 2016-06-03 |
| [- Part 2: Modern Static Site Generators](https://about.gitlab.com/2016/06/10/ssg-overview-gitlab-pages-part-2/) | Tutorial | 2016-06-10 |
| [- Part 3: Build any SSG site with GitLab Pages](https://about.gitlab.com/2016/06/17/ssg-overview-gitlab-pages-part-3-examples-ci/) | Tutorial | 2016-06-17 |
| [Securing your GitLab Pages with TLS and Let's Encrypt](https://about.gitlab.com/2016/04/11/tutorial-securing-your-gitlab-pages-with-tls-and-letsencrypt/) | Tutorial | 2016-04-11 |
| [Hosting on GitLab.com with GitLab Pages](https://about.gitlab.com/2016/04/07/gitlab-pages-setup/) | Tutorial | 2016-04-07 |

## Install and maintain GitLab

[Admin](../README.md#administrator-documentation), [install](../install/README.md),
upgrade, integrate, migrate to GitLab:

| Article title | Category | Publishing date |
| :------------ | :------: | --------------: |
| [Video Tutorial: Idea to Production on Google Container Engine (GKE)](https://about.gitlab.com/2017/01/23/video-tutorial-idea-to-production-on-google-container-engine-gke/) | Tutorial | 2017-01-23 |
| [How to Setup a GitLab Instance on Microsoft Azure](https://about.gitlab.com/2016/07/13/how-to-setup-a-gitlab-instance-on-microsoft-azure/) | Tutorial | 2016-07-13 |
| [Getting started with GitLab and DigitalOcean](https://about.gitlab.com/2016/04/27/getting-started-with-gitlab-and-digitalocean/) | Tutorial | 2016-04-27 |

## Software development

Explore the best of GitLab's software development's capabilities:

| Article title | Category | Publishing date |
| :------------ | :------: | --------------: |
| [Making CI Easier with GitLab](https://about.gitlab.com/2017/07/13/making-ci-easier-with-gitlab/) | Concepts | 2017-07-13 |
| [From 2/3 of the Self-Hosted Git Market, to the Next-Generation CI System, to Auto DevOps](https://about.gitlab.com/2017/06/29/whats-next-for-gitlab-ci/)| Concepts | 2017-06-29 |
| [Fast and Natural Continuous Integration with GitLab CI](https://about.gitlab.com/2017/05/22/fast-and-natural-continuous-integration-with-gitlab-ci/) | Concepts | 2017-05-22 |
| [Demo: Auto-Deploy from GitLab to an OpenShift Container Cluster](https://about.gitlab.com/2017/05/16/devops-containers-gitlab-openshift/) | Technical overview | 2017-05-16 |
| [Demo: GitLab Service Desk](https://about.gitlab.com/2017/05/09/demo-service-desk/) | Feature highlight | 2017-05-09 |
| [Demo: Mapping Work Versus Time, With Burndown Charts](https://about.gitlab.com/2017/04/25/mapping-work-to-do-versus-time-with-burndown-charts/) | Feature highlight | 2017-04-25 |
| [Demo: Cloud Native Development with GitLab](https://about.gitlab.com/2017/04/18/cloud-native-demo/) | Feature highlight | 2017-04-18 |
| [Demo:  Mastering Code Review With GitLab](https://about.gitlab.com/2017/03/17/demo-mastering-code-review-with-gitlab/) | Feature highlight | 2017-03-17 |
| [In 13 minutes from Kubernetes to a complete application development tool](https://about.gitlab.com/2016/11/14/idea-to-production/) | Technical overview | 2016-11-14 |
| [GitLab Workflow, an Overview](https://about.gitlab.com/2016/10/25/gitlab-workflow-an-overview/) | Technical overview | 2016-10-25 |
| [Trends in Version Control Land: Microservices](https://about.gitlab.com/2016/08/16/trends-in-version-control-land-microservices/) | Concepts | 2016-08-16 |
| [Continuous Integration, Delivery, and Deployment with GitLab](https://about.gitlab.com/2016/08/05/continuous-integration-delivery-and-deployment-with-gitlab/) | Concepts | 2016-08-05 |
| [Trends in Version Control Land: Innersourcing](https://about.gitlab.com/2016/07/07/trends-version-control-innersourcing/) | Concepts | 2016-07-07 |
| [Tutorial: It's all connected in GitLab](https://about.gitlab.com/2016/03/08/gitlab-tutorial-its-all-connected/) | Technical overview | 2016-03-08 |

## Technologies

| Article title | Category | Publishing date |
| :------------ | :------: | --------------: |
| [Why we are not leaving the cloud](https://about.gitlab.com/2017/03/02/why-we-are-not-leaving-the-cloud/) | Concepts | 2017-03-02 |
| [Why We Chose Vue.js](https://about.gitlab.com/2016/10/20/why-we-chose-vue/) | Concepts | 2016-10-20 |
| [Markdown Kramdown Tips & Tricks](https://about.gitlab.com/2016/07/19/markdown-kramdown-tips-and-tricks/) | Technical overview | 2016-07-19 |