---
title: "Learn to Use GitHub Actions: a Step-by-Step Guide"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/learn-to-use-github-actions-a-step-by-step-guide-nngbpzafo
source_url: https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/learn-to-use-github-actions-step-by-step-guide/
type: article
source: "freeCodeCamp"
author: "Rajdeep Singh"
published: 2025-01-16T16:31:21.694Z
updated: 2025-01-17T13:00:04.272Z
tags: ["devops", "github", "automation", "cicd"]
reading_time: 14
upvotes: 518
comments: 9
language: en
---

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# Learn to Use GitHub Actions: a Step-by-Step Guide

**[freeCodeCamp](https://daily.dev/sources/freecodecamp)** · [@officialrajdeepsingh](https://daily.dev/officialrajdeepsingh) · 14 min read · 518 upvotes · 9 comments

## Summary

GitHub Actions allows developers to automate, build, test, and deploy their applications directly from GitHub. This guide provides step-by-step instructions for creating GitHub Actions using either the GitHub UI or locally via an IDE. It covers key concepts like workflows, events, jobs, and runners, and includes examples for setting up Node.js, Deno environments, zipping files, and deploying static websites to GitHub Pages.

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## Community discussion

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**@kristofdabrowski** · 3 upvotes

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**@divyanshuio** · 2 upvotes

> Thanks!

**@prolificoder17** · 1 upvotes

> Knowledge is Power.

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> thanks for sharing

**@konobar** · 1 upvotes

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