GitHub Actions Cookbook: A practical guide to automating repetitive tasks and streamlining your development process

Say goodbye to tedious tasks! GitHub Actions is a powerful workflow engine that automates everything in the GitHub ecosystem, letting you focus on what matters most.
This book explains the GitHub Actions workflow syntax, the different kinds of actions, and how GitHub-hosted and self-hosted workflow runners work. You’ll get tips on how to author and debug GitHub Actions and workflows with Visual Studio Code (VS Code), run them locally, and leverage the power of GitHub Copilot. The book uses hands-on examples to walk you through real-world use cases that will help you automate the entire release process. You’ll cover everything, from automating the generation of release notes to building and testing your software and deploying securely to Azure, Amazon Web Services (AWS), or Google Cloud using OpenID Connect (OIDC), secrets, variables, environments, and approval checks.
The book goes beyond CI/CD by demonstrating recipes to execute IssueOps and automate other repetitive tasks using the GitHub CLI, GitHub APIs and SDKs, and GitHub Token. You’ll learn how to build your own actions and reusable workflows to share building blocks with the community or within your organization.
By the end of this GitHub book, you'll have gained the skills you need to automate tasks and work with remarkable efficiency and agility.

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GitHub Actions Cookbook: A practical guide to automating repetitive tasks and streamlining your development process

Say goodbye to tedious tasks! GitHub Actions is a powerful workflow engine that automates everything in the GitHub ecosystem, letting you focus on what matters most.
This book explains the GitHub Actions workflow syntax, the different kinds of actions, and how GitHub-hosted and self-hosted workflow runners work. You’ll get tips on how to author and debug GitHub Actions and workflows with Visual Studio Code (VS Code), run them locally, and leverage the power of GitHub Copilot. The book uses hands-on examples to walk you through real-world use cases that will help you automate the entire release process. You’ll cover everything, from automating the generation of release notes to building and testing your software and deploying securely to Azure, Amazon Web Services (AWS), or Google Cloud using OpenID Connect (OIDC), secrets, variables, environments, and approval checks.
The book goes beyond CI/CD by demonstrating recipes to execute IssueOps and automate other repetitive tasks using the GitHub CLI, GitHub APIs and SDKs, and GitHub Token. You’ll learn how to build your own actions and reusable workflows to share building blocks with the community or within your organization.
By the end of this GitHub book, you'll have gained the skills you need to automate tasks and work with remarkable efficiency and agility.

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GitHub Actions Cookbook: A practical guide to automating repetitive tasks and streamlining your development process

GitHub Actions Cookbook: A practical guide to automating repetitive tasks and streamlining your development process

by Michael Kaufmann
GitHub Actions Cookbook: A practical guide to automating repetitive tasks and streamlining your development process
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GitHub Actions Cookbook: A practical guide to automating repetitive tasks and streamlining your development process

GitHub Actions Cookbook: A practical guide to automating repetitive tasks and streamlining your development process

by Michael Kaufmann

Overview

Say goodbye to tedious tasks! GitHub Actions is a powerful workflow engine that automates everything in the GitHub ecosystem, letting you focus on what matters most.
This book explains the GitHub Actions workflow syntax, the different kinds of actions, and how GitHub-hosted and self-hosted workflow runners work. You’ll get tips on how to author and debug GitHub Actions and workflows with Visual Studio Code (VS Code), run them locally, and leverage the power of GitHub Copilot. The book uses hands-on examples to walk you through real-world use cases that will help you automate the entire release process. You’ll cover everything, from automating the generation of release notes to building and testing your software and deploying securely to Azure, Amazon Web Services (AWS), or Google Cloud using OpenID Connect (OIDC), secrets, variables, environments, and approval checks.
The book goes beyond CI/CD by demonstrating recipes to execute IssueOps and automate other repetitive tasks using the GitHub CLI, GitHub APIs and SDKs, and GitHub Token. You’ll learn how to build your own actions and reusable workflows to share building blocks with the community or within your organization.
By the end of this GitHub book, you'll have gained the skills you need to automate tasks and work with remarkable efficiency and agility.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781835469149
Publisher: Packt Publishing
Publication date: 04/30/2024
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 250
File size: 14 MB
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About the Author

Michael Kaufmann believes that developers and engineers can be happy and productive at work. He loves DevOps, GitHub, Azure, and modern work. Microsoft has awarded him with the title Microsoft Regional Director (RD) and Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) – the latter in the category of DevOps and GitHub. Michael is also the founder and managing director of Xebia Microsoft Services, Germany – a consulting company that helps its customers become digital leaders by supporting them in their cloud, DevOps, and digital transformation. Michael shares his knowledge in books, training, and as a frequent speaker at international conferences.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents
  1. GitHub Actions Workflows
  2. Authoring and Debugging Workflows
  3. Building GitHub Actions
  4. The Workflow Runtime
  5. Automate Tasks in GitHub with GitHub Actions
  6. Building and Validating Your Code
  7. Release Your Software with GitHub Actions
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