Learning GitHub Actions for DevOps CI/CD - Continuous Integration

The video tutorial explains continuous integration (CI) and its benefits, such as detecting errors early and improving software quality. It demonstrates setting up a .NET environment for CI, creating a web application, and using GitHub Actions to automate the CI process. The tutorial covers building, testing, and publishing a .NET application, and emphasizes the importance of using a .gitignore file to manage unnecessary files in the repository. The CI workflow is explained in detail, highlighting the use of artifacts for deployment.

What happens during the dotnet publish step?

Why is it important to separate continuous integration and continuous deployment?

What role do artifacts play in GitHub action workflows?

How can you verify that your .NET code was built properly on the runner?