At GitHub Universe in early December 2020, some new functionalities for GitHub Actions focused on continuous delivery were introduced. In this blog post, we’ll explore them in the context of a simple web-app deployment to a Kubernetes cluster. Before diving into what’s new, let’s have a look at what GitHub Actions are: What are GitHub […]
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How to connect GitHub Codespaces to a local Visual Studio Code
I’m a huge fan of GitHub Codespaces. Codespaces deliver a fully powered and customizable Visual Studio Code (VS Code) instance in the browser. I’ve started using Codespaces recently to do my Covid analysis. It’s a great tool because I don’t need to install anything locally, I can simply use Codespaces straight from the browser. Codespaces […]
First look at GitHub Codespaces
GitHub Codespaces is a way to get a fully powered Visual Studio Code experience in the browser. It’s your cloud-enabled development machine, without needing anything but a web browser. It’s currently in beta and I got access a couple weeks ago. Today, I wanted to give it a spin. Rather than provide a simple demo, […]
Kubernetes GitOps using Azure Arc
Lately, I’ve been learning more about Azure Arc. As part of this learning, I’ve been contributing to a great GitHub repo that contains a number of example scenarios for Azure Arc. Most of these examples are fully automated, so you can learn about Arc even more quickly. My last learning experience was how to leverage […]
How to sync a GitHub fork
I recently needed to sync a GitHub repo I forked to the latest status of the original fork. This is easy to do, but you have to know which buttons to push. To start, open the forked repo in Github. You should see a mention that this branch is behind the original branch. Next to […]