Automated testing and deployment with GitHub Actions

Let’s imagine you’re working on your one-page portfolio website again. This time, you want to make sure that every time you add something new, like a MY ARTICLES section for your blog posts, everything works perfectly before anyone else sees it. Plus, once you’re sure it’s all good, you want it to appear on your website without doing extra work. This is where GitHub Actions can be your superhero, helping with automated testing and deployment.

What’s automated testing?

Think of automated testing as having a robot that checks your new MY ARTICLES section to ensure that everything works as it should. For example, it makes sure that when someone clicks on an article, it actually appears. It’s like the robot is clicking around your website for you, looking for mistakes. Automated testing saves you a lot of time and drastically reduces the chance of errors slipping through, making sure your...