GitHub Actions Tutorial for Beginners | Build Your First CI/CD Workflow

GitHub Actions Tutorial for Beginners — learn how GitHub Actions works and how to create a CI/CD workflow using YAML, triggers, jobs, runners, and steps. In this practical GitHub Actions tutorial, you'll learn how GitHub Actions can be used to automate CI/CD directly from a GitHub repository and how it compares with tools like Jenkins and Azure Pipelines. You'll also see how to create a GitHub repository, set up your first workflow, understand workflow triggers, define jobs and steps, use GitHub-hosted runners, run commands with YAML, manually trigger a workflow, view workflow execution results, and use GitHub Actions templates for application and Docker workflows. 📚 What You'll Learn ✅ What is GitHub Actions ✅ GitHub Actions for CI/CD ✅ GitHub Actions vs Jenkins ✅ GitHub Actions vs Azure Pipelines ✅ GitHub Actions Workflows ✅ GitHub Actions YAML ✅ Workflow Triggers & Events ✅ workflow_dispatch Manual Trigger ✅ GitHub Actions Jobs ✅ GitHub Actions Steps ✅ GitHub-hosted Runners ✅ Checkout and Build Stages ✅ Create a GitHub Actions Workflow ✅ Run and Monitor Workflow Execution ✅ GitHub Actions Workflow Templates ✅ Docker Build & Push Workflows ✅ Automating Application Builds & Deployments ⏱️ TIMESTAMPS 00:00 – Why GitHub Actions for CI/CD 00:49 – GitHub Actions & YAML 01:35 – What is GitHub Actions? 02:28 – Automate Builds & Deployments 03:03 – Why Use GitHub Actions? 03:48 – GitHub Actions Free Tier & Pricing 04:48 – GitHub Actions vs Other CI/CD Tools 05:28 – YAML-Based Workflows 06:31 – Create a GitHub Repository 07:06 – Open GitHub Actions 07:18 – Workflows vs Pipelines 07:33 – Create Your First GitHub Actions Workflow 09:08 – Workflow Triggers & Events 09:28 – workflow_dispatch Manual Trigger 10:02 – GitHub Actions Jobs 10:41 – GitHub-Hosted Runners 10:53 – GitHub Actions Steps 11:32 – Checkout & Build Steps 12:25 – GitHub Actions & CI/CD Pipeline 17:28 – Run a GitHub Actions Workflow 18:29 – Jobs & Pipeline Stages 19:08 – GitHub Actions Demo 19:15 – GitHub Actions Workflow Templates 19:35 – Docker Build & Push Workflow 20:18 – Checkout & Docker Build 20:53 – Docker Login, Build & Push 21:12 – Customize GitHub Actions Workflow 🎓 Enroll in the DevOps with AI Master's Program Become a job-ready DevOps Engineer with live mentorship, hands-on projects, interview preparation, and placement support. What You'll Master ✅ DevOps Fundamentals ✅ Linux & Shell Scripting ✅ Git & GitHub ✅ Docker & Kubernetes ✅ Jenkins CI/CD ✅ Terraform & Ansible ✅ AWS Cloud ✅ Monitoring & Logging ✅ AI for DevOps ✅ Real-World Projects ✅ Interview Preparation & Placement Support 🎯 Enroll Here: https://www.skillfyme.com/courses/dev... 💙 If you found this video helpful, don't forget to: 👍 Like the video |💬 Comment your questions | 🔔 Subscribe for upcoming DevOps classes | 📤 Share this video with your friends 🌐 Connect with Skillfyme 📺 YouTube:    / @skillfyme   🌍 Website: https://www.skillfyme.com 📸 Instagram:   / skillfyme   💼 LinkedIn:   / skillfyme-in   📘 Facebook:   / skillfyme-100092579065887   🔥 About Skillfyme Skillfyme helps students and professionals become job-ready through practical training in DevOps, Cloud Computing, Kubernetes, Docker, AWS, Terraform, CI/CD, Linux, Git, AI, and real-world projects with mentorship and interview preparation. #GitHubActions #CICD #DevOps #GitHub #Jenkins