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Beginner: Automate the Build

This track sets up Continuous Integration: a pipeline that tests, builds, and publishes your app automatically on every commit. You build it one station at a time.

You will learn how to:

  • Put your app in a repository a pipeline can watch
  • Write a GitHub Actions workflow
  • Build your Docker image automatically on every push
  • Run tests in the pipeline, and read a failing build
  • Publish the finished image with no manual login

Prerequisites

You should have:

  • Finished the Docker course, or be comfortable building and running images
  • Basic familiarity with Git
  • A free GitHub account

Tutorials

  • Why Automate?

    The manual pain, what CI/CD is, and getting your app onto GitHub.

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  • Meet GitHub Actions

    Workflows, triggers, jobs, and steps. Run your first pipeline.

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  • Building in the Pipeline

    Build your Docker image automatically on every push.

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  • Testing in the Pipeline

    Add tests so the pipeline checks your app actually works.

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  • Reading a Red Build

    Break a test on purpose, read the log, and fix it calmly.

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  • Publishing Automatically

    Push the finished image to a registry using built-in credentials.

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  • Capstone: Build, Test, Push

    Ship a real new feature through the whole pipeline.

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When you finish, move on to the Intermediate track, where the pipeline starts deploying your app, not just publishing it.