GitHub Actions automate tasks in repositories, triggered by events like branch pushes or pull requests. They can be created from scratch or sourced from the GitHub Marketplace.
Project Focus
- The instructor demonstrates building an action to generate a podcast RSS feed.
- Uses YAML to write podcast information and Python to convert it into XML (RSS format).
- GitHub Pages is used to host the feed as a static website.
Technical Tools and Setup
- Python: For data processing and feed generation.
- Docker: To create a container for running actions in the cloud.
- Bash Scripts: To automate tasks like running Python files and pushing changes to GitHub.