Automating Workflows with GitHub Actions

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Automate software development workflows and seamlessly deploy your applications using GitHub Actions

What is this book about?

GitHub Actions is one of the most popular products that enables you to automate development tasks and improve your software development workflow. Automating Workflows with GitHub Actions uses real-world examples to help you automate everyday tasks and use your resources efficiently.

This book covers the following exciting features:

Get to grips with the basics of GitHub and the YAML syntax
Understand key concepts of GitHub Actions
Find out how to write actions for JavaScript and Docker environments
Discover how to create a self-hosted runner
Migrate from other continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) platforms to GitHub Actions
Collaborate with the GitHub Actions community and find technical help to navigate technical difficulties
Publish your workflows in GitHub Marketplace

If you feel this book is for you, get your copy today!

Instructions and Navigations

All of the code is organized into folders. For example, Chapter02.

The code will look like the following:

jobs:
  build:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
    - name: Close Issue

Following is what you need for this book: This book is for anyone involved in the software development life cycle, for those looking to learn about GitHub Actions and what can be accomplished, and for those who want to develop a new skill to help them advance their software development career. If you are new to GitHub and GitHub Actions in general, then this book is for you. Basic knowledge of GitHub as a platform will help you to get the most out of this book.

With the following software and hardware list you can run all code files present in the book (Chapter 1-9).

Software and Hardware List

Chapter	Software required	OS required
1-9	YAML	Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux (Any)
1-9	GitHub	Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux (Any)
1-9	Git	Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux (Any)
1-9	Javascript	Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux (Any)
1-9	Docker	Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux (Any)
1-9	Azure pipelines	Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux (Any)
1-9	Jenkins	Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux (Any)
1-9	GitLab CI/CD	Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux (Any)

We also provide a PDF file that has color images of the screenshots/diagrams used in this book. Click here to download it.

Errata

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Page 13 (Step 5, Line 1) If you are using macOS, skip this step and proceed to Step 5. should be If you are using macOS, skip this step and proceed to Step 6.
Page 13 (Step 4, Line 7) Add your SSK key to the SSH-agent: is incorrect and is to be ignored

Get to Know the Author

Priscila Heller was born and raised in Brazil, where she obtained a bachelor’s degree in Journalism. She moved to the United States in 2011, where she has been living ever since. After working in many different fields, she found a career opportunity in Tech, and went back to school to pursue a degree in Information System Technology. In 2016 Priscila joined GitHub as an Enterprise Support Agent. Over the years she was promoted a few times, and today she is a Senior Manager of Premium Support. Priscila believes in the power of technology, education, and communication. She considers the democratization of knowledge and information to be invaluable for the cultural, social, economic, and scientific development of society and humanity.

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