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GitHub Actions

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Mastering GitHub Actions is designed to equip learners with practical skills in automating and optimizing software development workflows using GitHub Actions. You'll create custom workflows, including continuous integration (CI) and continuous deployment (CD) processes, and tailor them for real-world applications.

Mastering GitHub Actions is designed to equip learners with practical skills in automating and optimizing software development workflows using GitHub Actions. You'll create custom workflows, including continuous integration (CI) and continuous deployment (CD) processes, and tailor them for real-world applications.

  • Beginner

  • 4 weeks

  • Last Updated September 4, 2024

Skills you'll learn:

Github actions

Prerequisites:

CI/CDComputer programming proficiencyVersion controlBasic githubDevOps

Beginner

4 weeks

Last Updated September 4, 2024

Skills you'll learn:

Github actions

Prerequisites:

CI/CD • Computer programming proficiency • Version control

Course Lessons

Lesson 1

GitHub Actions Fundamentals

Explore GitHub Actions for CI/CD: learn event triggers, workflow configuration, job definitions, action creation, and deployment strategies.

Lesson 2

Deep Dive into Workflow Controls

Explore workflow controls with videos on triggers, GitHub actions, webhooks, filters, expressions, variables, secrets, and concurrency with interactive exercises.

Lesson 3

Encapsulate and Reuse Actions

This lesson explores GitHub Actions, focusing on reusable workflows, caching, artifact handling, private actions, and UI features for enhanced project automation.

Lesson 4

Security and Hardening

Explore security and hardening in GitHub, covering token handling, environments, GitHub Pages, the REST API, and CLI with practical exercises.

Lesson 5 • Project

Automating a Simple CI/CD Pipeline

Explore CI/CD pipeline automation, covering project setup, instruction compliance, and environment setup for streamlined deployment processes.

Taught By The Best

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Bassem Dghaidi

Senior Software Engineer

Bassem Dghaidi is a Senior Software Engineer at GitHub, where he is currently building the next generation of GitHub Actions. With a career spanning over 15 years, Bassem enjoys solving hard problems in internet scale distributed systems. Bassem is also an active podcaster and content creator.

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