Your First CI Pipeline with GitHub Actions

Short summary

A beginner-friendly tutorial that walks through creating a CI pipeline with GitHub Actions from scratch, covering the five core concepts (workflow, event, job, step, runner) and building up a real YAML file that checks out code, installs dependencies, lints, and runs tests. Uses a Node.js example but notes the structure applies to any language. Emphasizes practical choices like npm ci over npm install for reproducible builds.

• •Explains GitHub Actions core concepts: workflow, event, job, step, runner
• •Builds a working CI YAML file that lints and tests on push/PR
• •Recommends npm ci for reproducible installs and branch-scoped triggers

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