Automating and streamlining the software development lifecycle through continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) is a cornerstone of software development today. One of the easiest tools for CI/CD is GitHub Actions, a workflow framework that is built into GitHub. This article presents a gentle, hands-on introduction to using GitHub Actions.
Get started with GitHub Actions
GitHub Actions is a CI/CD platform developed and maintained by GitHub. The actions in this framework are defined in YAML files placed in a project’s /workflows directory. When someone checks in to the project, GitHub automatically runs the actions that have been defined.
