Summary
In this chapter, you read about the history of how software development practices evolved, and why CI/CD became a popular practice. You also learned the basics of Git—the most used version control system in the world—and GitHub, the largest code-hosting platform in the world. Lastly, you learned about YAML and its syntax, which is used to write GitHub Actions workflow files.
In upcoming chapters, you will put your newly learned skills into practice by writing GitHub Actions workflow files using the YAML syntax. You will also use your knowledge of GitHub, CI, and CD to create logical and productive workflows that will allow you to automate many tasks of your software development life cycle.
Chapter 2, Deep Diving into GitHub Actions, will present more specific and advanced concepts and components of GitHub Actions.
