Automate your workflow with GitHub Actions

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Microsoft Learn

Free Online Course

English

5-6 hours worth of material

selfpaced

Overview

Module 1: Learn to use key GitHub features, including issues, notifications, branches, commits, and pull requests.

In this module, you will:

Communicate with the project community in issues
Manage notifications for project events
Create branches to manage work in parallel
Make commits to update project source
Introduce changes with pull requests
Deploy a web page to GitHub Pages

Module 2: Create a basic GitHub Action and use that action in a workflow.

In this module, you will:

Describe GitHub Actions, the types of actions, and where to find them
Plan an automation of your software development life cycle with GitHub Actions workflows
Create a container action and have it run in a workflow triggered by a push event to your GitHub repository

Module 3: Learn how to create workflows that enable you to use Continuous Integration (CI) for your projects.

In this module, you will:

Learn essential features and techniques to build robust and dynamic workflows
Build and test a Node.js project by using GitHub Actions and a templated workflow
Debug a failed test using the GitHub Actions Log
Customize your workflow with GitHub Actions

Module 4: Create two deployment workflows using GitHub Actions and Microsoft Azure.

In this module, you will:

Discover options for triggering a continuous delivery GitHub Workflow
Understand steps to remove workflow artifacts
Identify important environment protections
Control workflow execution with job conditionals
Deploying to Microsoft Azure with a GitHub deploy action
Store credentials with GitHub Secrets
Create and destroy Azure resources with GitHub Actions workflows

Module 5: Learn to interact with the GitHub API from GitHub Actions by using GitHub Script.

In this module, you will:

Use GitHub Script in your workflow
Comment on issues using octokit
Add issues to a project board using octokit
Use the workflow expression syntax to filter when jobs run in a workflow

Module 6: Publish automatically and secure your code libraries or Docker images with GitHub Packages.

By the end of this module, you will be able to:

Understand what a Package Repository is and when to use it.
Set up a Continuous Integration (CI) workflow with GitHub Actions to publish to GitHub Packages.
Validate your knowledge with an exercise that checks your ability to publish to a GitHub Packages registry.
Identify how to authenticate, install, and manage GitHub Packages.

Syllabus

Module 1: Introduction to GitHub

Introduction
What is GitHub?
Exercise - A guided tour of GitHub
Knowledge check
Summary

Module 2: Automate development tasks by using GitHub Actions

Introduction
How does GitHub Actions automate development tasks?
Identify the components of GitHub Actions
Configure a GitHub Actions workflow
Exercise - Create a basic container action by using GitHub Actions
Knowledge check
Summary

Module 3: Build continuous integration (CI) workflows by using GitHub Actions

Introduction
How do I use GitHub Actions to create workflows for CI?
Customize your workflow with environment variables and artifact data
Exercise - Create the CI workflow on GitHub
Knowledge check
Summary

Module 4: Build and deploy applications to Azure by using GitHub Actions

Introduction
How do I use GitHub Actions to deploy to Azure?
Remove artifacts, create status badges, and configure environment protections
Exercise - Create a workflow that deploys a web app to Azure
Knowledge check
Summary

Module 5: Automate GitHub by using GitHub Script

Introduction
What is GitHub Script?
Exercise - Using GitHub Script in GitHub Actions
Knowledge check
Summary

Module 6: Leverage GitHub Actions to publish to GitHub Packages

Introduction
What is GitHub Packages?
Publish to GitHub Packages and GitHub Container Registry
Knowledge check
Exercise - Publish to a GitHub Packages registry
GitHub Packages for code packages
Knowledge check
Summary

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