With required workflows and configuration variables, you no longer have to spend hours securing your DevOps processes. Learn more about these new additions to GitHub Actions.
https://github.blog/2023-01-10-introducing-required-workflows-and-configuration-variables-to-github-actions/
This trick will help you get around GitHub web so much faster!
Let us know your best GitHub tip, trick or hacks that make your life easier. ✨
Now available for all users, category forms make it easy to create templates for Discussions, which means you can start new Discussions with all the necessary information already included. It's a game-changer for maintainers and users alike!
https://github.blog/2023-01-09-github-discussions-just-got-better-with-category-forms/
We want to make it easy to develop secure software. You can already enable secret scanning and Dependabot in just one click. Now, we're extending that capability to code scanning with the new default setup option. Find out how you can get started.
https://github.blog/2023-01-09-default-setup-a-new-way-to-enable-github-code-scanning/
Our latest article over on @thepracticaldev features 10 fun ways to visualize your contributions. How did your 2022 look?
https://dev.to/github/your-github-year-in-review-10-fun-ways-to-visualize-your-contributions-392o
If you’re looking to launch an innersource program at your company, don’t expect a “big bang,” says KPMG’s @lstolyarov. Start small, and work with teams interested in experimenting.
https://github.com/readme/guides/github-enterprise-kpmg
Re Far from dead, the perpetually-popular language is up to speed and ready for the future.
https://github.com/readme/featured/java-programming-language
Re Follow @aarondfrancis' advice—publish your work to increase your luck.
https://github.com/readme/guides/publishing-your-work
Re Take a deep dive into functional programming and how it's finding its way into more codebases.
https://github.com/readme/featured/functional-programming
Re Did your software make it to Mars? Check out how open source helped power NASA’s Ingenuity Helicopter.
https://github.com/readme/featured/nasa-ingenuity-helicopter
Re There’s a new crop of tools helping developers keep code on the backend–and for certain applications this is definitely ideal. Read how and why.
https://github.com/readme/featured/server-side-languages-for-front-end
Looking for a Sunday read? Get that ☕️ ready, we're bringing you 5 of the most popular long reads of 2022 on The ReadME Project. 🧵
Re Find out the answer and many more language stats here:
https://octoverse.github.com/2022/top-programming-languages
How many primary languages were used to build software on GitHub in 2022?
Re You should be your best advocate. Make sure you document your wins.
https://github.com/readme/guides/document-success
Re How to build an internal database of information that is tailored to your individual learning style and can be quickly referenced and re-used to act as a second brain.
https://github.com/readme/guides/private-documentation
Re Making sure you are regularly documenting your wins with a level of detail and perspective that only you can provide—looking at the benefits of public documentation.
https://github.com/readme/guides/public-documentation
Re How to use code as documentation to save time and share context.
https://github.com/readme/guides/code-as-documentation
Re We have a 4-part series on documentation from @indigitalcolor to help you, your colleagues and your open source collaborators. First up...
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