GitHub Actions Tutorial - Basic Concepts and CI/CD Pipeline with Docker

Description

The video serves as a GitHub Actions tutorial that aims to explain the platform, its basic concepts, and its application in Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD). The specific topics covered are detailed in the introduction: 1. Definition and Use Cases: An explanation of what GitHub Actions actually is, focusing on specific developer workflow use cases that can be automated. 2. Basic Concepts: An explanation of the basic components, including events, actions, and workflows, and how these components are used to automate workflows. 3. CI/CD Pipeline: A discussion of the most common workflow—the CI/CD pipeline—and an explanation of why GitHub Actions is more than just another CI/CD tool, detailing its benefits. 4. Hands-On Demonstration (Demo): A practical demonstration covering: ◦ Explanation of the syntax of the GitHub Actions workflow file. ◦ Setting up a complete CI pipeline. ◦ Using an example Java Gradle project. ◦ Building the project into a Docker image. ◦ Pushing the image to a private Docker repository on Docker hub.