GitHub Actions First Look

Overview

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Learn how to use GitHub Actions to automate many common developer tasks. Discover how to build workflows triggered by events, develop a CI/CD pipeline, and create custom actions.

Syllabus

Introduction

Automating with GitHub Actions
What you should know
Exercise files
Working with YAML files
What's new in this update

1. Your First Action

Your first action
Workflow and action attributes

2. Connecting Actions with Workflows

Create a workflow
Add jobs and steps to a workflow
Add actions to a workflow
Run a workflow
Add dependencies between actions
Add conditions to a workflow
Workflow and action limitations
Challenge: Develop a complex workflow
Solution: Develop a complex workflow

3. Using Actions

Use an action from the Marketplace
Use an action from a repository
Passing arguments to an action
Using environment variables
Using secrets
Using artifacts
Manage pull requests
Challenge: Develop a workflow that creates an artifact
Solution: Develop a workflow that creates an artifact

4. Developing a CI/CD Workflow

Plan your CI/CD pipeline
Linting and unit tests
Building and managing artifacts
Testing
Deploying
Add a workflow status badge
Challenge: Develop a CI/CD pipeline for a Python script
Solution: Develop a CI/CD pipeline for a Python script

5. Building Custom Actions

Plan a custom action
Your custom action objective
Dockerfile review
Add a Dockerfile
Add an entry-point script
Use runtime environment resources
Test an action locally
Complete the entry-point script
Add a metadata file
Add a README file
Deploy a custom action
Publish an action to the Marketplace
Challenge: Create a custom action
Solution: Create a custom action

Conclusion

Additional resources for more GitHub Actions

Taught by

Ray Villalobos

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