GitHub Actions Deep Dive

By Wes Coffay

A close look at CI/CD using GitHub Actions.

5 hours
  • 23 Lessons
  • 4 Hands-On Labs
  • 3 Course Quizzes

About the course

Continuous integration, delivery, and deployment are quickly going from nice-to-haves to must-haves in any software development project. GitHub Actions is emerging as a fast-growing CI/CD solution — it’s simple to get started, has strong integration with third-party tools and cloud providers, and has a robust, engaged community. This course will examine GitHub Actions’ approach to CI/CD — developing workflows, managing jobs, and securing resources. It will demonstrate how to leverage other GitHub services with Actions. It will go step-by-step through setting up a CI/CD workflow for an AWS Lambda function. Finally, learners will build their own GitHub Actions workflow to deploy a static site to an S3 bucket.

  • Chapter 1 2 Lessons Introduction 3:36

    Course Introduction/About the Author

    1:29

    A Note about Pricing

    2:07
  • Chapter 2 7 Lessons What Is GitHub Actions? 1:18:58

    Understanding Workflows, Jobs, and Actions

    6:12

    Introducing Community Actions

    5:11

    Getting Running with Runners

    4:57

    Setting Up a Custom GitHub Actions Runner

    30:00 Hands-On Lab

    Securing GitHub Actions

    6:23

    Designing Workflows and Pipelines

    11:15

    GitHub Actions Operations Knowledge Check

    15:00 Quiz
  • Chapter 3 7 Lessons Building Your Workflow 1:32:45

    Introducing Your Microservice

    3:57

    Building Your Code

    10:28

    Storing Your Artifact

    4:25

    Publishing a GitHub Package

    45:00 Hands-On Lab

    Uploading to AWS

    8:35

    Deploying Your Function

    5:20

    GitHub Actions Workflow Design

    15:00 Quiz
  • Chapter 4 8 Lessons Enhancing Your Workflow 2:25:48

    Catching Errors Sooner: Code Quality Checks

    7:36

    Setting Up Non-Production Environments

    8:25

    Deploying a Static Site with GitHub Actions

    1:00:00 Hands-On Lab

    Testing Before Production

    10:23

    Adding Documentation

    8:42

    Deploying Documentation to GitHub Pages

    30:00 Hands-On Lab

    Reviewing the Workflow

    5:42

    GitHub Actions Workflow Enhancement

    15:00 Quiz
  • Chapter 5 2 Lessons Conclusion 3:02

    Course Summary

    2:24

    Bonus Round

    0:38

What are Hands-on Labs

What's the difference between theoretical knowledge and real skills? Practical real-world experience. That's where Hands-on Labs come in! Hands-on Labs are guided, interactive experiences that help you learn and practice real-world scenarios in real cloud environments. Hands-on Labs are seamlessly integrated in courses, so you can learn by doing.

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