GitHub Action Hello World

Goals

Write a GitHub Action Hello World following the tutorial at section Hello Actions World!.

1. Save the action code in repo hello-js-action-aluXXX,
   • Change the visibility of this repo to public (go to settings/manage access)
2. Inside repo use-hello-js-action-aluXXX save the project using the action and
3. In repo hello-js-action-super build a repo having the former two as submodules
4. Write your README.md report in the superproject repo.
5. Set GitHub pages
   • Set the main branch and the root of the superproject
   • Choose one of the page supported themes for the static generator Jekyll
   • Set the github.io URL in the description section of the superproject

Optional Step

If you feel enthusiastic about GitHub Actions, continue using the repo actions/javascript-action as a template and follow the instructions. Save the action code in repo hello-js-action-aluXXX but in a branch with name optional.

To use this new action, you have to reference it in the client repo like this:

steps:    
  - uses: ULL-ESIT-PL-1920/hello-js-action-aluXXX@optional  # Reference a branch

Pay special attention to how the tests were written in this example.

Video de la clase de PL del curso 2020-04-01 sobre GH Actions

References

• Template repo for GitHub Actions actions/javascript-action
• Creating a JavaScript action
• Repo ULL-ESIT-PL-1920/hello-world-javascript-action
• Repo ULL-ESIT-PL-1920/use-hello-world-javascript-action
• About Actions
  • Types of actions
  • Choosing a location for your action
  • Versioning your action
  • Creating a README file for your action
  • Comparing GitHub Actions to GitHub Apps
  • Further reading
• Building actions
• Metadata syntax for GitHub Actions (The syntax of the action.yml file)
• Setting exit codes for actions

• Publishing actions in GitHub Marketplace

• Versioning Actions (github toolkit)

Rúbrica

Incidencias para el Project Board para la práctica

GitHub Action Hello World

• La acción está publicada y se usa correctamente

• Las GitHub pages funcionan correctamente en el super repo

• Se ha instalado Jekyll y puede ver las páginas generadas en local

• Opcional: En la práctica anterior se ha extendido la CI para Mac OS y Windows