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What is GitHub Action?

What is GitHub Action?

- [Instructor] GitHub Actions is a CI/CD platform. Let's first understand what CI/CD means and why this is important. CI/CD stands for continuous integration and continuous delivery, which is a widely adapted standard for software development. Most companies use the CI/CD pipeline to automate their deployment process, from running tests to building applications, from source code to making releases. A continuous integration and continuous delivery platform provide automate pipeline for not just the deployment, but also running the tests, building the application from source and making a release. This enable developers to shift software quickly and efficiently, as the majority of the release process is automated and standardized, leaving them more time to focus on fixing bugs and developing new features. So let's finally talk about the star of this video: GitHub Action. The beta version was released in late 2019 and was…

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