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GitHub Actions – The Complete Guide

Learn how to build automated CI / CD workflows with GitHub's DevOps service.

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Academind by Maximilian Schwarzmüller

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Use GitHub Actions to build automated workflows & processes

Automate code-based and project-based tasks

Run simple and complex workflows on a broad variety of triggers

Build powerful CI / CD workflows, including runtime configuration, security and conditional execution

Build custom actions or leverage public community solutions

How to secure GitHub Action workflows

GitHub Actions is an extremely popular and fast-growing CI / CD automation service offered by GitHub.

This course teaches GitHub Actions from the ground up, without any prior GitHub Actions knowledge assumed or required.

In order to handle growing development and code complexity and deploy application updates with high frequency, powerful automation platforms and tools are required. As you will learn throughout this course, GitHub Actions is such a platform, enabling you to automate anything from code testing, building and deployment all the way up to GitHub repository and project management.

With this course, you’ll learn:

About all key GitHub Actions building blocks & components
How to build and orchestrate both simple and complex workflows
How to connect workflows to events & configure event details
How to run jobs or job steps conditionally
How to manage environment variables
How to handle job results, outputs and inputs
How to leverage community actions
How to build custom actions
How to secure workflows and jobs
And much more!

This course requires no prior GitHub Actions knowledge. You also don’t need to be an advanced developer or Git / GitHub user, though fundamental development and Git knowledge is recommended – though the course does come with a Git & GitHub refresher module.

This course is a practice-oriented courses, exploring all key concepts whilst diving into concrete examples. You’ll build different workflows for multiple projects and requirements.

You will also learn how to interact with GitHub APIs and implement third-party (and custom) Actions into your workflows.

Getting Started

Welcome to the Course!

What Is "GitHub Actions"?

Git, GitHub & GitHub Actions

About This Course

Join The Discord Community!

Course Code Attachments & Slides

Git & GitHub Crash Course [Optional]

Module Introduction

Getting Started with Git

Configuring Git

Project Setup

Working with (Local) Git Repositories

Staging Files & Creating Commits

Multiple Commits & Checking Out Snapshots

Reverting Changes with "git revert"

Resetting Code with "git reset"

Staging Multiple Files & Ignoring with gitignore

Understanding Branches

Working with Branches

Merging Branches

GitHub Introduction

Creating a GitHub Account

Creating a (Remote) GitHub Repository

Connecting Local & Remote Repositories

Pushing Commits & Understanding Permissions

GitHub & Branches

Readme Files & Pulling Changes

Cloning Repositories

Making Changes As A Different User (Non-Owner)

GitHub Issues & Collaborators

Working with Pull Requests

Understanding & Using Forks

Module Summary

GitHub Actions - Basic Building Blocks & Components

Module Introduction

Key Components: Workflows, Jobs, Steps & More

GitHub Actions: Availability & Pricing

Creating a First Workflow

Running the First Workflow

Running Multi-Line Shell Commands

Onwards to a More Realistic Example

A New Workflow & The "push" Event

Using Actions In Workflows

Checking Out Code In Workflows

Configuring Actions

Adding More Workflow Job Steps

Failing Workflows & Analyzing Workflows

Adding Multiple Jobs

Jobs: In Parallel vs Sequential

Using Multiple Triggers (Events)

Expressions & Context Objects

Module Summary

Time to Practice: The Problem

Time to Practice: Solution

Workflows & Events - Deep Dive

Module Introduction

Which Events Can You Use?

A Demo Project Setup

Job Artifacts & Outputs

Module Introduction

Demo Project Setup

Understanding Job Artifacts

Artifacts - An Example

Uploading Job Artifacts

Downloading Artifacts (Manually & Automatically)

Understanding Job Outputs

Job Outputs - An Example

Using Job Outputs In Other Jobs

The Need For Dependency Caching

Caching Dependencies in Practice

Using & Invalidating Caches

Module Summary

Using Environment Variables & Secrets

Module Introduction

Project Setup & Understanding Environment Variables

Providing Environment Variable Values

Demo: Creating a Database & Using Database Environment Variable Values

Using Environment Variables in Code & Workflows

Default Environment Variables

Understanding & Using Secrets

Utilizing Repository Environments

Module Summary

Controlling Workflow & Job Execution

Module Introduction

Understanding Conditional Steps & Jobs

Demo Project Setup

Understanding a (Potential) Problem: A Failing Step

Controlling Execution via "if"

Working with Special Conditional Functions

Conditional Jobs

More "if" Examples

Ignoring Errors & Failures with "continue-on-error"

How long do I have access to the course materials?

You can view and review the lecture materials indefinitely, like an on-demand channel.

Can I take my courses with me wherever I go?

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