Michael Kaufmann 
GitHub Actions Cookbook 
A practical guide to automating repetitive tasks and streamlining your development process

<p><b>Authored by a Microsoft Regional Director, this book shows you how to leverage the power of the community-driven Git Hub Actions workflow platform to automate repetitive engineering tasks</b></p><h4>Key Features</h4><ul><li>Automate CI/CD workflows and deploy securely to cloud providers like Azure, AWS, or GCP using Open ID</li><li>Create your own custom actions with Docker, Java Script programming, or shell scripts and share them with others</li><li>Discover ways to automate complex scenarios beyond the basic ones documented in Git Hub</li></ul><h4>Book Description</h4>Say goodbye to tedious tasks! Git Hub Actions is a powerful workflow engine that automates everything in the Git Hub ecosystem, letting you focus on what matters most.This book explains the Git Hub Actions workflow syntax, the different kinds of actions, and how Git Hub-hosted and self-hosted workflow runners work. You’ll get tips on how to author and debug Git Hub Actions and workflows with Visual Studio Code (VS Code), run them locally, and leverage the power of Git Hub Copilot. The book uses hands-on examples to walk you through real-world use cases that will help you automate the entire release process. You’ll cover everything, from automating the generation of release notes to building and testing your software and deploying securely to Azure, Amazon Web Services (AWS), or Google Cloud using Open ID Connect (OIDC), secrets, variables, environments, and approval checks.The book goes beyond CI/CD by demonstrating recipes to execute Issue Ops and automate other repetitive tasks using the Git Hub CLI, Git Hub APIs and SDKs, and Git Hub Token. You’ll learn how to build your own actions and reusable workflows to share building blocks with the community or within your organization.By the end of this Git Hub book, you”ll have gained the skills you need to automate tasks and work with remarkable efficiency and agility.<h4>What you will learn</h4><ul><li>Author and debug Git Hub Actions workflows with VS Code and Copilot</li><li>Run your workflows on Git Hub-provided VMs (Linux, Windows, and mac OS) or host your own runners in your infrastructure</li><li>Understand how to secure your workflows with Git Hub Actions</li><li>Boost your productivity by automating workflows using Git Hub”s powerful tools, such as the CLI, APIs, SDKs, and access tokens</li><li>Deploy to any cloud and platform in a secure and reliable way with staged or ring-based deployments</li></ul><h4>Who this book is for</h4><p>This book is for anyone looking for a practical approach to learning Git Hub Actions, regardless of their experience level. Whether you”re a software developer, a Dev Ops engineer, anyone who has already experimented with Actions, or someone completely new to CI/CD tools like Jenkins or Azure Pipelines, you’ll find expert insights in this book. Basic knowledge of using Git and command lines is a must.</p>