GitHub Actions – The Complete Guide

Module 1: Introduction to GitHub Actions & Setup

⏳ 30 minutes

• Understanding Actions components: workflows, jobs, steps, and runners

• Setting up your first “Hello World” workflow and exploring the GitHub UI

Module 2: Writing Workflows in YAML

⏳ 45 minutes

• Defining triggers (push, pull_request, schedule, workflow_dispatch)

• Using jobs, steps, and common shell/JavaScript actions

Module 3: Managing Secrets & Variables

⏳ 45 minutes

• Configuring repository and organization secrets

• Using env and with to pass parameters into steps

Module 4: Matrix Builds & Parallel Jobs

⏳ 1 hour

• Defining a job matrix for cross-platform and multiple-version testing

• Aggregating results and conditional job execution

Module 5: Docker & Container Workflows

⏳ 1 hour

• Building, tagging, and pushing Docker images with the docker/build-push-action

• Running containerized tests and multi-stage Docker workflows

Module 6: Deployments & Environments

⏳ 1 hour

• Creating and protecting environments with required reviewers and secrets

• Deploying to AWS (via CodeDeploy), Azure (via azure/webapps-deploy), and GCP

Module 7: Caching, Artifacts & Performance

⏳ 45 minutes

• Speeding up workflows with actions/cache for dependencies and build outputs

• Uploading and downloading artifacts between jobs for test reports and binaries

Module 8: Monitoring, Logging & Best Practices

⏳ 30 minutes

• Reading logs, setting up notifications (Slack, email), and workflow visualizations

• Structuring reusable workflows, composite actions, and community action discovery

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