GitHub Actions

Lesson in the Git and GitHub Roadmap · Stage 21: GitHub Actions

Last updated 14 September 2026

What is GitHub Actions?

GitHub Actions is a CI/CD platform built into GitHub that automates tasks like testing, building, and deploying code in response to repository events. Workflows are defined in YAML files stored in the .github/workflows directory and can run on GitHub-hosted or self-hosted runners. It's widely used to automate everything from running test suites on every pull request to deploying applications after a merge.

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Free resources to learn GitHub Actions

CourseMicrosoft Learn: Introduction to GitHub Actions
CourseYouTube: GitHub Actions Playlist
Official docsGitHub Actions
VideoWhat are GitHub Actions

GitHub Actions: common questions

Can I learn GitHub Actions in Hindi?

This lesson is written in English. Once you sign in, open it in the interactive course and ask the AI tutor to explain GitHub Actions in Hindi or Hinglish. The tutor answers from this lesson’s own text, so it stays on the syllabus, and it runs on your own Google, OpenAI or Anthropic key.

Is this GitHub Actions tutorial for beginners?

It is lesson 109 of 155 in the free Git and GitHub roadmap, in stage 21, GitHub Actions. If you are new to Git and GitHub, start from stage 1 and come back here in order; if you already know the earlier stages, this lesson stands on its own.