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Lightning Talk: Why you should use GitHub Actions to automate your routine tasks #3

Open dcshzj opened 2 years ago

dcshzj commented 2 years ago

GitHub Actions is a platform provided free by GitHub to run certain actions and workflows. However, it can also be used to run certain tasks on a periodic basis. In this talk, I will share about GitHub Actions and how you can use it to automate routine tasks, so that you can focus on more important and value-generating work.

Presentation content

Topic: Automate your life with GitHub Actions

WIIFY: In this talk, you will learn about GitHub Actions, see a demonstration on how it runs, and gain some insights on how you can use GitHub Actions to automate your life.

Key Points:

  1. Developer time is precious and valuable, and they should not be wasted on repetitive, low-value tasks.
  2. GitHub Actions is a free platform for developers to perform continuous integration (CI/CD), but it can also be used for running other tasks.
  3. GitHub Actions is very simple to set up and get started.

Impact:

  1. Know: Learn about the importance of productive use of time.
  2. Believe: Realize the possibilities that GitHub Actions can bring.
  3. Do: Make use of GitHub Actions to automate repetitive tasks.

Slides: CS3282 Lightning Talk 1 slides.pdf

More information: https://github.com/features/actions