CI/CD Pipeline with GitHub Actions

# CI/CD Pipeline with GitHub Actions GitHub Actions makes it easy to automate your software development workflows. Let's build a complete CI/CD pipeline. ## Basic Workflow Structure ```yaml name: CI/CD Pipeline on: push: branches: [ main ] pull_request: branches: [ main ] jobs: test: runs-on: ubuntu-latest steps: - uses: actions/checkout@v3 - name: Run tests run: npm test ``` ## Multi-Stage Pipeline 1. **Build**: Compile and build the application 2. **Test**: Run unit and integration tests 3. **Security Scan**: Check for vulnerabilities 4. **Deploy**: Deploy to production ## Complete Example ```yaml jobs: build: runs-on: ubuntu-latest steps: - uses: actions/checkout@v3 - name: Setup Node.js uses: actions/setup-node@v3 with: node-version: '18' - name: Install dependencies run: npm ci - name: Run tests run: npm test - name: Build run: npm run build - name: Deploy if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/main' run: npm run deploy ``` ## Best Practices - Use caching to speed up builds - Separate test and deploy stages - Use secrets for sensitive data - Implement manual approval for production - Monitor pipeline performance GitHub Actions provides powerful automation capabilities that scale with your needs.