Github Actions Trial/Demo

Description

This simple Python program pulls information about Slack's stock and has some simple tests associated with it.

Some of the functionality demoed here includes (see the workflows directory):

• Building on multiple platforms (Windows, Ubuntu, MacOs)
• Building with different versions of Python (2.7, 3.8) in parallel
• Read env variables from YAML
• Common workflows
  • env setup (pip installations)
  • linting
  • building and running
  • test executions
• PR workflows
• Usage of other workflows e.g. labelling outdated PRs
• Create a Docker image for a new release
• Push Docker image to Github Packages!
• Send a notification to Slack
• Secrets (dummy data) management within Github
• Utilization of caching

Sharing workflows within an org:

• https://docs.github.com/en/actions/learn-github-actions/sharing-workflows-with-your-organization