🚀 GitHub Actions Learning Repository

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📚 About

This repository is designed for developers who want to master GitHub Actions and CI/CD. Learn through hands-on tasks, workflows, and real-world deployment examples.

Skills Covered:

GitHub Actions fundamentals (workflows, jobs, steps)

Automating builds, tests, and deployments

CI/CD pipelines

Azure App Service deployment

Secrets & environment variable management

🎯 Badge Showcase

Earn badges as you complete tasks! Here’s your GitHub Action badge from Nisal Gunawardhana:

Tip: Place this badge at the top of your project README or in a dedicated Achievements section for maximum visibility.

📝 Quick Start

Fork & clone the repo

git clone https://github.com/YOUR-USERNAME/github-actions-learning.git cd github-actions-learning

Install dependencies for sample app

cd sample-app npm install npm start

Run tests

npm test

Visit http://localhost:3000 to see the sample app in action.

🏆 Learning Tasks & Badges Level Tasks Time Badge 🌟 Beginner 1-3 30 min

⭐⭐ Intermediate 4-7 1-2 hours

⭐⭐⭐ Advanced 8-10 2-3 hours

Submission: Complete tasks, create a submission file in .github/submissions/, push PR, and submit tracking issue. Auto-labels and reviewer assignment included.

📂 Repository Structure (Clean Overview) github-actions-learning/ ├── README.md # This file ├── TASKS.md # Hands-on exercises ├── docs/ # Learning guides ├── images/ # Badges & visuals ├── .github/ # Workflows, submissions, templates └── sample-app/ # Node.js demo app 🔧 Example Workflows

hello-world.yml → Manual triggers, basic workflow

build-test.yml → Matrix testing, CI pipeline

deploy-azure-app-service.yml → Production deployment

All workflows include step-by-step learning tasks in TASKS.md

💡 Tips

Start sequentially, read docs first.

Run example workflows, experiment with modifications.

Take screenshots for badge submission.

Use proper branch naming: working-level-yourname.

Submit via PR & badge submission issue — everything else is automatic.

📢 Support & Contributions

Issues: bug_report.md, feature_request.md, documentation.md, question.md

PRs: Follow PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md

Contributions: Add workflows, improve docs, help others

✅ Ready to get started? Jump to TASKS.md and start earning badges!