GitHub Actions
In our journey into the realm of CI/CD, we encounter various tools that help facilitate these practices. One of these tools, which stands out for its simplicity and tight integration with the GitHub platform, is GitHub Actions. This powerful automation tool allows you to create custom Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) workflows directly in your GitHub repository.
GitHub Actions enables you to automate, customize, and execute your software development workflows right in your repository. You can deploy workflows in the same place where you store code and collaborate on projects. This translates into faster, more streamlined development cycles as you can manage CI/CD from within your GitHub projects, without needing to rely on external tools.
In GitHub Actions, workflows, jobs, and actions have a hierarchical relationship, which allows you to organize and structure your CI/CD process. This hierarchy has the following levels:
- Workflow: A workflow is the...