GitHub Actions Tutorial: Development Automation Training

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UPDATED: May 24, 2023

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This intermediate GitHub training teaches learners how to use GitHub Actions to automate workflows, speed up development, and reduce errors. Perfect for experienced GitHub users, this course focuses on real-world projects that streamline deployment and minimize workflow issues. Ideal for onboarding new cloud engineers and DevOps professionals or as a GitHub reference resource for teams.

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What you'll learn

Creating GitHub Actions Workflows in order to publish modules
Creating databases and using MySQL Service Container
Using GitHub Actions and GitHub Packages in tandem
Developing projects by using GitHub Codespaces

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What is GitHub Actions and what is it best for?

GitHub Actions is an automation tool and feature of GitHub that streamlines software development workflows. With GitHub, developers can automate tasks like building, testing, and deploying code, directly from their GitHub repositories. Developers who understand how to use GitHub Actions can create custom workflows that get triggered by various events, like pushes, pull requests, or scheduled tasks. GitHub Actions is best for CI/CD and automating repetitive tasks in development.

Can continuous integration and continuous deployment be automated with GitHub Actions?

Yes, one of the things GitHub Action is best known for is automating continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) processes. Developers who know how to use GitHub Actions can set up CI/CD workflows that automatically build and test code according to your triggers. With GitHub Actions, it's possible to automatically deploy code to production after successful tests. Learning to use GitHub Actions accelerates development and makes update delivery faster.

What are the differences between Jenkins pipeline and GitHub Actions?

The key difference between Jenkins Pipeline and GitHub Actions lies in where they're integrated. GitHub Actions is tightly integrated with GitHub repos, making it very easy to set up and manage your workflows inside the GitHub ecosystem. Jenkins Pipeline would have to be part of an entirely separate CI/CD server, and although its scripted and declarative syntax allows for greater flexibility and its feature set is more extensible, the configurations are more complex.

What are the different types of GitHub Actions?

There are many different types of actions you can take with GitHub Actions in automating workflows, including actions related to Setup, Build and Test, Deployment, Notifications, and Utility. The different types of GitHub Actions allow you to configure the runtime environment for workflows, compile code and run tests, automate deployment processes to staging or production environments, send notifications and status updates via messaging services, or perform miscellaneous tasks like data processing.

Who should take this GitHub Actions course?

Software development professionals – including developers, DevOps engineers, and release managers – would benefit the most from a course like this that covers development automation using GitHub Actions. If you have anything to do with building, testing, or deploying software, this course can help you expand your career with a better understanding of streamlining workflows, reliable software releases and better overall efficiency. For many developers, GitHub Actions is the key to successful CI/CD.

Who is this for?

This GitHub training is considered intermediate-level training, which means it was designed for professionals with at least one year of experience. This GitHub course is valuable for new or aspiring IT professionals, experienced cloud engineers or DevOps professionals looking to validate their skills.

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