Navigating GitHub Actions often leaves developers grappling with inefficiencies and collaboration bottlenecks. Mastering GitHub Actions offers solutions to these challenges, ensuring smoother software development.
With 16 extensive chapters, this book simplifies GitHub Actions, walking you through its vast capabilities, from team and enterprise features to organization defaults, self-hosted runners, and monitoring tools. You’ll learn how to craft reusable workflows, design bespoke templates, publish actions, incorporate external services, and introduce enhanced security measures. Through hands-on examples, you’ll gain best-practice insights for team-based GitHub Actions workflows and discover strategies for maximizing organization accounts.
Whether you’re a software engineer or a DevOps guru, by the end of this book, you'll be adept at amplifying productivity and leveraging automation's might to refine your development process.
publication date
2024-03-22
what you will learn
Explore GitHub Actions' features for team and business settings
Create reusable workflows, templates, and standardized processes to reduce overhead
Get to grips with CI/CD integrations, code quality tools, and communication
Understand self-hosted runners for greater control of resources and settings
Discover tools to optimize GitHub Actions and manage resources efficiently
Work through examples to enhance projects, teamwork, and productivity
key features
Master GitHub events to foster a self-service mindset * Elevate your GitHub Actions knowledge to a whole new level through real-world examples * Learn how to integrate with popular cloud-based products within your workflows * Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBook
approach
The reader will begin with the basics and then transition into GitHub's reusability principles. This foundation sets the stage for crafting various actions we'll cover in the book, addressing prevalent issues and presenting concepts in digestible steps. By the conclusion, you'll possess an arsenal of actions, workflows, and the expertise to elevate your skills further.
audience
This book is for developers with a foundation in CI/CD, code quality tools, and team communication keen on exploring GitHub Actions. It’s ideal for DevOps engineers, system administrators, software developers, IT specialists, automation aficionados, and university students focused on software integration and deployment. Those familiar with GitHub's ecosystem will find this content insightful.
short description
Get to grips with advanced GitHub Actions in team and business environments with the help of real-world examples, use cases, and expert insights into automating workflows, enhancing collaboration, and streamlining software development.
subtitle
Advance your automation skills with the latest techniques for software integration and deployment
keywords
GitHub project management; GitHub book; DevOps book; CI CD; CI/CD pipelines; Gitlab CI/CD; Code quality tools
Product ISBN
9781805128625
