GitHub Actions Basics

Repo for the GitHub Actions Basics training.

👉 Objectives

• Understand the basic components and vocabulary of GitHub Actions
• Understand the YAML syntax (scalar types, quotes, literal blocks, maps, and sequences)
• Understand the workflow syntax and how to write workflows using intellisense
• Understand events that can trigger workflows
• Learn the context and expression syntax as well as workflow commands
• Know the different types of actions and how to create/publish them
• Use Secrets and Environments for staged deployments

Getting ready

Please follow these instructions and make sure you have set up everything correctly following the prerequisites.

📆 Agenda

• Workflow fundamentals
• YAML and workflow syntax
• Writing workflows
• GitHub Actions
• CI/CD with GitHub Actions
• Secrets, Variables and Environments

⚡ Prerequisites

The workshop is designed for developers that have used other platforms like Azure DevOps, GitLab, or Bitbucket and now want to switch to GitHub. But it is also suitable for people that are new to topics like git, CI/CD, and DevOps.

For this workshop you need the following:

• A laptop (Windows, Mac, or Linux)
• A free account for https://github.com
• It is recommended to have a second screen for the hand-on labs

Cheat Sheet

Find common terminology for reference here