Automating workflows with GitHub Actions

Automation is key in modern software development. Time spent on repetitive tasks is time taken away from building features.

CI/CD Pipeline

My typical GitHub Actions workflow includes several essential jobs:

Job Name	Description
Linting	Runs ESLint and Prettier to ensure code consistency.
Testing	Executes the Jest test suite to check for regressions.
Build	Creates the production build of the Next.js application.

Here's an example of a simple GitHub Actions YAML configuration:

name: CI

on:
  push:
    branches:
      - main

jobs:
  test:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
      - name: Use Node.js
        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
        with:
          node-version: '20.x'
      - run: npm ci
      - run: npm run test

Automating the deployments means I can confidently merge PRs, knowing that checks will ensure only passing code hits production.