4 things you didn’t know you could do with GitHub Actions

GitHub Actions is a versatile platform that enables developers to automate and manage their DevOps workflows directly from their repositories, offering examples such as compressing images for web performance improvement and generating semantic-release notes. The GitHub Marketplace serves as a hub for finding tools to enhance development workflows, and the platform allows users to leverage open-source workflows, like those from GitHub user benmvp, to streamline release processes. GitHub Actions workflows support setting runner environments and executing shell commands, enabling automation of tasks such as changelog generation and version bumping in the package.json file. Additionally, tools like nektos/act facilitate local debugging of workflows by simulating the GitHub environment, while environment-level secret management provides controlled access through required reviewers. For further learning, additional tips and documentation are available on the DEV space and GitHub Documentation, authored by Brian Douglas.