Learning GitHub Actions

Course details

GitHub Actions is a continuous integration tool that allows developers to automate tasks for their web projects. In this course, learn how to use this powerful tool to build workflows triggered by events, develop a continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipeline, and create custom actions. Instructor Michael Jenkins shows how to create your first actions and then construct a workflow that runs them. He also demonstrates how to use actions from the GitHub Marketplace and public repositories, leverage the capabilities of GitHub Actions to support your CI/CD workflow, and plan and develop custom actions.

Topics include:
- Creating an action
- Creating a workflow
- Adding actions to a workflow
- Using an action from a repository
- Developing a CI/CD pipeline with GitHub Actions
- Building custom actions
- Publishing an action to the GitHub Marketplace

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Automating with GitHub Actions
02 - What you should know
03 - Exercise files
04 - Working with YAML files
05 - What's new in this update

1. Your First Action

06 - Your first action
07 - Workflow and action attributes

2. Connecting Actions with Workflows

08 - Create a workflow
09 - Add jobs and steps to a workflow
10 - Add actions to a workflow
11 - Run a workflow
12 - Add dependencies between actions
13 - Add conditions to a workflow
14 - Workflow and action limitations
15 - Challenge - Develop a complex workflow
16 - Solution - Develop a complex workflow

3. Using Actions

17 - Use an action from the Marketplace
18 - Use an action from a repository
19 - Passing arguments to an action
20 - Using environment variables
21 - Using secrets
22 - Using artifacts
23 - Manage pull requests
24 - Challenge - Develop a workflow that creates an artifact
25 - Solution - Develop a workflow that creates an artifact

4. Developing a CI CD Workflow

26 - Plan your CI CD pipeline
27 - Linting and unit tests
28 - Building and managing artifacts
29 - Testing
30 - Deploying
31 - Add a workflow status badge
32 - Challenge - Develop a CI CD pipeline for a Python script
33 - Solution - Develop a CI CD pipeline for a Python script

5. Building Custom Actions

34 - Plan a custom action
35 - Your custom action objective
36 - Dockerfile review
37 - Add a Dockerfile
38 - Add an entry-point script
39 - Use runtime environment resources
40 - Test an action locally
41 - Complete the entry-point script
42 - Add a metadata file
43 - Add a README file
44 - Deploy a custom action
45 - Publish an action to the Marketplace
46 - Challenge - Create a custom action
47 - Solution - Create a custom action

Conclusion

48 - Additional resources for more GitHub Actions

Learning GitHub Actions

Authors

Michael Jenkins