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# GitHub Actions


- **Date:** Thursday, Sep 24, 2026
- **Time:** 13:30–15:30 (120 min)
- **Room:** Stage 12
- **Event:** World Congress 2026 North America

## Description

Build a complete CI/CD pipeline for a pet adoption application in this hands-on workshop. Starting with your first workflow, you’ll automate testing, secure the software supply chain with GitHub security features, improve performance with caching and matrix strategies, and deploy to Azure. You’ll also create a custom action, reuse workflow logic across repositories, and enforce organizational standards with required workflows and branch protections. By the end, you’ll understand how GitHub Actions can take an application from commit to production with secure, scalable automation. Familiarity with Git basics is recommended, and an Azure subscription is required for the deployment exercises.

## Speaker

### [Austen Stone](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/@austen-stone)

Senior Field Actions Specialist, GitHub


## Related talks at this congress

- [Intro to Agentic Workflows and an AI-enabled SDLC](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2026-north-america/sessions/1859-intro-to-agentic) — Greg Larkin
- [Secure development from pull request to production with GitHub](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2026-north-america/sessions/1881-secure-development) — Sam Jarvinen
- [Practices, Not Prompts: Scale GitHub Copilot with AI-Ready Repositories](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2026-north-america/sessions/1874-practices-not) — Luis Pujols
- [Accelerating development and managing agents with the GitHub Copilot app](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2026-north-america/sessions/1783-accelerating) — Christopher Harrison

## Watch remotely

Can’t make it to San José? Watch this session live with Pro. You also get:

- All full videos, bookmarks, and playlists
- World Congress livestreams

[See pricing](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/pricing)

## Links

- [Get tickets](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/world-congress-north-america/tickets)