Github Actions for Dependabot PRs

Dec 07, 2021 — 4 min read

Let's learn how to extend existent Pull Request Update GitHub Actions workflow with steps specific for Dependabot pull requests (i.e. labels). We will add two jobs to the existent pull_request workflow and experiment with separate before and after workflow_run event workflows. Fortunately, after the recent GitHub actions update we don't need to use a separate pull_request_target event workflow as a workaround.

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Optimize GitHub Actions for UI Builds and Tests with Cache

Nov 23, 2021 — 9 min read

GitHub Actions is an awesome and very powerful tool. Let's explore workflow running time optimizations with caching node_modules and production build artifacts. We will be using Dependency Cache GH Actions feature driven by actions/cache. Hint: as always, cache invalidation is a key.

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