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Learn GitHub: Actions and Codespaces

Dive deeper into the world of GitHub and learn about its more advanced features like Actions, Codespaces, and github.dev.

This course includes
This course includes

  • Skill level

    Intermediate

  • Time to complete

    Average based on combined completion rates — individual pacing in lessons, projects, and quizzes may vary
     
    <1 hour

  • Prerequisites

    None

About this course

Level up your GitHub knowledge with this course on Actions, Codespaces, and github.dev starting with GitHub Actions and how to implement workflows within a repository. Then dive into Codespaces and the stages of their lifecycles as well as how to customize them. Finally, learn about github.dev, its limitations, and how they compare to Codespaces.

Skills you'll gain

  • Use Actions workflows in a repository

  • Set up, customize, and use Codespaces

  • Understand github.dev’s limitations

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Alisha Grama
Senior Instructional Designer, Computer Science at Codecademy
Alisha is a Senior Instructional Designer in the computer science domain at Codecademy. Alisha majored in Computer Science and minored in Ethics at the University of Rochester, where she gained experience as a Teaching Assistant. Before joining Codecademy, she taught STEM concepts to secondary students, including as the Lead Algebra Teacher at a Brooklyn charter school.
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