CI/CD

Requirements

• You understand what is meant with CI.
  • You understand what is meant with "merge hell" and how CI is used to solve this.
• You understand what is meant with formatting, linting and static analysis and how they differ from each other.
• You understand what is meant with CD.
  • You understand the difference between Continuous Deployment and Continuous Delivery.
• You understand the difference between CI and CD.
• You understand what GitHub Actions are, and their role in a CI/CD pipeline.
• You can implement a CI/CD pipeline using GitHub actions om a GitHub repository.
  • You know how to write a .yml workflow file and how to use it.
• You understand what canary deployments are.
• You understand what blue/green deployments are.
• You understand what trunk-based development is.
  • You understand what short-lived feature branches are.

Theory

Articles

• What is CI/CD?: https://www.redhat.com/en/topics/devops/what-is-ci-cd
• Continuous integration vs. delivery vs. deployment: https://www.atlassian.com/continuous-delivery/principles/continuous-integration-vs-delivery-vs-deployment
• How Meta uses CI/CD: https://engineering.fb.com/2017/08/31/web/rapid-release-at-massive-scale/
• Canary deployments: https://martinfowler.com/bliki/CanaryRelease.html
• Blue/green deployments: https://martinfowler.com/bliki/BlueGreenDeployment.html
• Trunk based development: https://trunkbaseddevelopment.com/
  • Short-Lived Feature Branches: https://trunkbaseddevelopment.com/short-lived-feature-branches/

Videos

• DevOps CI/CD Explained in 100 Seconds: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scEDHsr3APg
• CI/CD Pipeline Explained in 2 minutes With Animation!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZYrxk2WMbY
• What is Continuous Integration?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1er2cjUq1UI
• What is Continuous Delivery?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TTU5BB-k9U
• Continuous Deployment vs. Continuous Delivery: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNLKZ4Rvk8w
• GitHub Actions - Supercharge your GitHub Flow: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cP0I9w2coGU
• GitHub Actions Tutorial - Basic Concepts and CI/CD Pipeline with Docker: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8_veQiYBjI
• Github Actions CI/CD - Everything you need to know to get started: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFFXuXjVgkU
  • Short video that mostly handles the pratical side of GitHub Actions like the .yml workflow file.
• GitHub Actions Tutorial | From Zero to Hero in 90 minutes (Environments, Secrets, Runners, etc): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLB5MY9BBa4
  • More in-depth video that also covers more advanced topics such as runners and how to manage secrets.

Online manuals

• GitHub Actions: https://docs.github.com/en/actions
• GitHub Actions Marketplace: https://github.com/marketplace?type=actions

Online courses

Students of HOGENT get free access to LinkedIn Learning through Academic Software.

• GitHub Actions for CI/CD, LinkedIn Learning: https://www.linkedin.com/learning/github-actions-for-ci-cd
• Learning Github Actions, LinkedIn Learning: https://www.linkedin.com/learning/learning-github-actions-2

Books

• Chandrasekara, C. & Herath, P. (2021). Hands-on GitHub Actions. Apress. Retrieved at 2023-09-18 from https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-1-4842-6464-5.
  • HOGENT staff and students have free access to this ebook from campus or via VPN.