Pluralsight – GitHub Actions: The Big Picture 2024-6

GitHub Actions: The Big Picture course. In this course, you’ll learn the basics of GitHub Actions and learn how to use it to automate your software development workflow. You’ll learn common uses of GitHub Actions, where to find existing actions, and how to create a new GitHub Actions workflow in your GitHub repository. In a world where innovation and continuous integration are paramount, understanding the basics of automation with GitHub Actions is essential for any developer working on GitHub. In this course, you will understand the basics of GitHub Actions, its benefits, use cases, and how to get started with it. First, you’ll explore the essential components of an Actions workflow file, including event triggers, steps, runners, and tasks. You will have hands-on experience creating a basic workflow file that prints a message to the console log based on a specific event trigger. By the end of this course, whether you’re a seasoned developer looking to streamline your workflows or an eager newbie looking to embrace automation, this course will provide an overview of automating your development workflows with GitHub Actions. This course provides a comprehensive introduction to GitHub Actions and helps you become familiar with this powerful tool and use it in your projects. By completing this course, you will be able to create automated workflows that will help you speed up development, improve code quality, and reduce errors.

What you will learn:

• Overview of GitHub Actions: Understanding the basic concept of GitHub Actions and its uses
• Common Use Cases of GitHub Actions: Learn about the different scenarios in which GitHub Actions can be useful
• Advantages of GitHub Actions over other CI/CD platforms: Comparing GitHub Actions to other existing tools and highlighting its strengths
• Building a workflow with GitHub Actions: Understanding the different components of a workflow file and creating a simple file
• Build, test and deploy an application with GitHub Actions: Learn how to build, test and deploy an application automatically using GitHub Actions

This course is suitable for people who:

• They want to improve their software development workflow and spend less time on repetitive tasks.
• Looking to learn a powerful tool to automate build, test and deployment processes.
• They are familiar with the basics of Git and GitHub.
• Want to have a better understanding of CI/CD concepts.