This is a list of URL resources that my team and I frequently share with GitHub customers and partners.
- Intro to GitHub Actions
- Interesting Blog Posts by GitHub
- Community Contributions
- Migrating to GitHub Actions
Understanding GitHub Actions / GitHub Docs [Article]
This article is a great place to get started with understanding Actions.
Hello GitHub Actions / GitHub Skills [Lab]
If you're ready to get hands-on and build and run your first Actions workflow, check out this lab.
GitHub Blog posts for GitHub Actions / GitHub Blog [Catalog of Articles]
See all blog posts on Actions from past several years per this "Actions" filter at GitHub Blog.
How to build CI/CD pipeline with Actions in four simple steps / GitHub Blog [Article]
This article shares helpful perspective on how you can begin to think about using Actions to carry the full load of your end-to-end CI/CD pipe.
10 GitHub Actions to bookmark - from the basics to full CI/CD / GitHub Blog [Article]
It's a great practice to build a small personal/org collection of actions that you'll most likely be using to get started and reusing as you go on. Here's some formal advice from Hubbers on some actions to keep tabs on.
7 advanced workflow automation features in GitHub Actions / GitHub Blog [Article]
Learn about the specific automation functionality built into GitHub Actions.
How to start using reusable workflows / GitHub Blog [Article]
This is a great introductory article to reusable workflows.
Improvements to resuable workflows in 2022 / GitHub Blog [Article]
You can nest resusable workflows within other workflows and you can call a reusable workflow from a matrix!
Connecting hosted runners to your private network / GitHub Blog [Article]
We detail three ways you can securely connect hosted runners to your private network resources.
Four ways we use GitHub Actions to build GitHub / GitHub Blog [Article]
This article gives you an idea of how GitHub uses Actions internally. Our usage will continue to grow and evolve.
Sharing GitHub Actions within your enterprise / GitHub Blog [Article]
You can share actions and workflows that you create and publish internally within your GitHub organization exclusively.
What's the difference between a GitHub action and a workflow? / DEV Community [Article]
This is a helpful article posted by one of our own Hubbers in which she help clarify the differences between an "action" and a "workflow" in the overall GitHub Actions platform.
A curated list of awesome actions to use on GitHub / GitHub Repos [README]
This is a super resourceful README.md file in GitHub repos published by @sdras. If you're looking for a "who's who in the zoo?" of GitHub Actions, namely in the Marketplace, check out this list of resources.
Getting the gist of GitHub Actions / GitHub Gists [Gist]
Great, short introductory read-up on Actions by @br3ndonland.
Migrate from Azure Pipelines / GitHub Docs [Article]
Brief commentary coming soon.
Migrate from CircleCI / GitHub Docs [Article]
Brief commentary coming soon.
Migrate from GitLab CI/CD / GitHub Docs [Article]
Brief commentary coming soon.
Migrate from Jenkins / GitHub Docs [Article]
With Jenkins, you use one of two unique syntaxes to define your pipeline (i.e. workflow). With Actions, you use YAML. Also with Jenkins, runners must be self-hosted. With Actions, you can self-host or use the GitHub hosted runners.
Migrate from Travis CI / GitHub Docs [Article)
Brief commentary coming soon.