Running unit tests in GitHub Actions

GitHub Actions is a hosted service that facilitates the integration of unit tests into development workflows, enabling developers to verify code changes effectively. By utilizing third-party actions, developers can process test results and generate reports, which aids in debugging and improving software quality. The text explores two examples: testing Java applications using Maven and the test-reporter action, and testing DotNET Core applications using the DotNET Core CLI. Both workflows highlight the importance of deferring the response to failed tests to the test processing actions, ensuring that the test results are comprehensively reported even if there are failures. Although GitHub Actions is primarily an execution environment for verifying and building code, it offers useful reporting features that are expected to improve over time despite some limitations in tracking test results longitudinally. The post concludes by suggesting further exploration of end-to-end testing within GitHub Actions and emphasizes the synergy between GitHub and Octopus for enhanced deployments.