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Product type Book

Published in Mar 2024

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781805128625

Pages 490 pages

Edition 1st Edition

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DevOps

Author (1):

Eric Chapman

Table of Contents (22) Chapters

Preface

1. Part 1:Centralized Workflows to Assist with Governance

2. Chapter 1: An Overview of GitHub and GitHub Actions

3. Chapter 2: Exploring Workflows

4. Chapter 3: Deep Dive into Reusable Workflows and Composite Actions

5. Chapter 4: Workflow Personalization Using GitHub Apps

6. Chapter 5: Utilizing Starter Workflows in Your Team

7. Part 2: Implementing Advanced Patterns within Actions

8. Chapter 6: Using HashiCorp Vault in GitHub

9. Chapter 7: Deploying to Azure Using OpenID Connect

10. Chapter 8: Working with Checks

11. Chapter 9: Annotating Code with Actions

12. Chapter 10: Advancing with Event-Driven Workflows

13. Chapter 11: Setting Up Self-Hosted Runners

14. Part 3: Best Practices, Patterns, Tricks, and Tips Toolkit

15. Chapter 12: The Crawler Pattern

16. Chapter 13: The Configuration Centralization Pattern

17. Chapter 14: Using Remote Workflows to Kickstart Your Products

18. Chapter 15: Housekeeping Tips for Your Organization

19. Chapter 16: Handy Workflows for Managing Your Software

20. Index

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Summary

In this chapter, we delved deeper into the advanced applications of events. Going beyond a basic understanding, we explored the potential of using events as efficient triggers, emphasizing their ability to instantly create issues from pull requests and facilitate notifications about our releases. This not only underlines the importance of event-driven processes but also showcases their transformative impact on workflows.

Within the scope of GitHub Actions, events are not just mere triggers but the backbone of automation. While many are acquainted with events related to pull requests, GitHub offers many event types, many of which remain underutilized. This chapter highlights these powerful, lesser-known events, emphasizing their role in enhancing automation in our projects.

The chapter finished by demonstrating some AI use cases through GitHub Actions and apps, marking a thrilling and emerging domain. Additionally, there was a short discussion on GitHub Copilot and its...