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GitHub Actions — The Complete Guide

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Intermediate 12 hours English Completion Certificate Certificate

About this course

This course covers GitHub Actions from basic workflow syntax through advanced automation: triggers, jobs, steps, matrix builds, reusable workflows, and environment protection rules. Students build real CI/CD pipelines that lint, test, build, and deploy applications automatically.

Advanced sections cover Docker container actions, JavaScript actions, caching strategies for faster builds, and integrating with external services. By the end, students can automate virtually any software delivery workflow within GitHub.

What you'll learn

Write GitHub Actions workflows with triggers, jobs, and steps
Build CI pipelines that run tests and code quality checks automatically
Deploy applications to cloud platforms using GitHub Actions
Create custom actions with JavaScript or Docker for reusable automation
Manage secrets, environments, and deployment protection rules

This course includes

12h
On-demand video
Yes
Certificate
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Mobile access
English
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Instructor

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Maximilian Schwarzmüller
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140K+ learners30 courses4.7 instructor rating

Taught by Maximilian Schwarzmüller, Udemy's most prolific web and DevOps instructor with millions of enrolled students across dozens of courses.

Requirements

  • Basic Git and GitHub knowledge; some programming experience helpful

Who this course is for

  • Developers who want to automate testing and deployment on GitHub
  • DevOps engineers migrating from Jenkins or other CI tools to GitHub Actions
  • Engineering teams wanting to standardize their CI/CD workflows

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Frequently asked questions

Free for public repositories and with generous free minutes for private repos — sufficient for most learning and small teams.
Yes — building and pushing Docker images to GitHub Container Registry is covered.
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