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GitHub Actions Tutorial: Development Automation

This intermediate GitHub training teaches learners how to use GitHub Actions to automate workflows, speed up development, and reduce errors. Perfect for experienced GitHub users, this course focuses on real-world projects that streamline deployment and minimize workflow issues. Ideal for onboarding new cloud engineers and DevOps professionals or as a GitHub reference resource for teams.

Updated May 2023

8Skills
41Videos
8h 3mTotal
41 videos8h 3m

Who This Course Is For

This GitHub training is considered intermediate-level training, which means it was designed for professionals with at least one year of experience. This GitHub course is valuable for new or aspiring IT professionals, experienced cloud engineers or DevOps professionals looking to validate their skills.

Skills Your Team Will Gain

  • Creating GitHub Actions Workflows in order to publish modules
  • Creating databases and using MySQL Service Container
  • Using GitHub Actions and GitHub Packages in tandem
  • Developing projects by using GitHub Codespaces

Course Curriculum

  • Premium skill.Developing Projects with GitHub Codespaces1h
  • Premium skill.Automatically Publish PowerShell Modules from GitHub Actions53m
  • Premium skill.Working with Environment Variables in GitHub Actions1h 2m
  • Premium skill.Use Service Containers in GitHub Actions1h 4m
  • Premium skill.Using GitHub Actions Workflow Commands59m
  • Premium skill.Manage GitHub Actions Workflows with Deployments and Environments1h
  • Premium skill.Automatically Publish Container Images with GitHub Packages and Actions1h 3m
  • Premium skill.Execute GitHub Actions Workflows on Self-hosted Runners1h 2m

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A short placement assessment on the CBT Nuggets assessments platform measures whether a learner already has the foundation this course assumes. IT Directors use it to put the right people in the right training — and any learner can take it right now to make sure they'll get full value from day one.

  • Questions generated from this course's own lesson transcripts — what gets measured is exactly what gets taught
  • Instant, per-learner results that show whether the prerequisite foundation is in place
  • Results roll up into team readiness reporting, so training hours go where they change outcomes

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