GitHub Actions with Lars Gyrup Brink Nielsen on Web Rush #182
Lars Gyrup Brink Nielsen gives a introduction to GitHub Actions, including what GitHub Actions are, how they differ from web hooks, how you glue GitHub Actions together, what languages work best with GitHub Actions, and some use case ideas for GitHub Actions.
const podcast = {
episode: 182,
title: 'GitHub Actions',
topics: [
'GitHub', 'automation', 'actions'
],
guest: 'Lars Gyrup Brink Nielsen'
hosts: [
'Craig Shoemaker', 'Dan Wahlin', 'Ward Bell'
]
};
Recording date: 04/14/2002
John Papa @John_Papa
Ward Bell @WardBell
Dan Wahlin @DanWahlin
Craig Shoemaker @craigshoemaker
Lars Gyrup Brink Nielsen @LayZeeDK
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Resources:
- GitHub Actions
- Webhooks
- YAML
- GitHub Actions SDK
- Linux command line cheat sheet
- GitHub Marketplace
- GitHub Apps
- Azure Static Web Apps
- GitHub Self Hosted Runner
- GitHub Hosted runner
- AWS for GitHub Actions
- GitHub Actions for Google Cloud
- Lumberjack
- 4 ways we use GitHub Actions to build GitHub: Turn weekly team photos into GIFs and upload to README
- Actionsflow
- This is Learning’s automated Twitter feed using Actionsflow and GitHub actions
- GitOps
- What is GitOps
- Azure Kubernetes Service
- Docker
- OCI
- GitOps Operator
- Argo CD
- Kubernetes Zero Downtime Deployments
- A system for learning new disciplines
- NubesGen
- GitHub Learning Lab
Timejumps
- 01:21 Guest introduction
- 01:58 What is GitHub Actions?
- 04:14 How do Actions differ from Web Hooks?
- 05:55 Sponsor: Ag Grid
- 06:57 How do you glue together GitHub Actions?
- 09:44 What languages work best for GitHub Actions?
- 14:46 How did you get into working with GitHub Actions?
- 21:58 Where are GitHub Actions happening?
- 24:32 Sponsor: Ionic
- 25:10 What are common use cases for GitHub Actions?
- 27:17 What are the strangest GitHub Actions?
- 35:37 What is GitOps?
- 43:28 Final thoughts
Podcast editing on this episode done by Chris Enns of Lemon Productions.