KCDC 2025: GitHub Actions: From Zero to Hero Workshop

Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipelines are now table stakes and an expectation in modern software development teams. GitHub Actions have become the dominant player in the CI/CD space, due to their convenience and tight integration with the world’s most popular version control platform – GitHub. In this workshop, we will start from the ground up and teach you how to build robust pipelines using GitHub Actions.

Some things we will cover:

• What is CI/CD
• What should be in everyone CI/CD Pipeline
• How to create a GitHub Action
• Defining GitHub Actions terms such as workflows, triggers, jobs, and steps
• How to create a GitHub Action running as a cron job
• Dealing with variables and secrets
• Reusing workflows across multiple repositories to promote reusability and standardization

We will have a mix of instruction and hands-on work. By the end of this workshop, you should have all the tools and knowledge you need to be productive with GitHub Actions at your company.

This half-day workshop will be held at KCDC 2025 and led by LT’s Director of Engineering and Microsoft MVP, Scott Sauber. Use code ‘leantechniques’ to receive 10% off tickets.