The PacManBlazor project incorporates Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) automation through a series of GitHub Actions workflows. Below is a detailed explanation of how CI/CD is automated in this project, including the relevant scripts and their configurations.

GitHub Actions Workflows

The project contains multiple workflows located in the .github/workflows/ directory. The key workflows relevant for CI/CD automation are as follows:

1. Build and Test Workflow: build-and-test.yml
2. Build, Deploy, and Publish Workflow: build-deploy-publish.yml
3. Deploy to GitHub Pages Workflow: deploy-to-github-pages.yml

1. Build and Test Workflow

File: .github/workflows/build-and-test.yml

This workflow is triggered on pull requests and pushes to the main branch to ensure code quality through building and testing the application.

Example Configuration:

name: Build and Test

on:
  push:
    branches:
      - main
  pull_request:
    branches:
      - main

jobs:
  build:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest

    steps:
    - name: Checkout code
      uses: actions/checkout@v2

    - name: Setup .NET
      uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v1
      with:
        dotnet-version: '6.0.x'

    - name: Restore dependencies
      run: dotnet restore

    - name: Build
      run: dotnet build --configuration Release

    - name: Run Tests
      run: dotnet test --no-build --verbosity normal

2. Build, Deploy, and Publish Workflow

File: .github/workflows/build-deploy-publish.yml

This workflow handles the building and deploying of the application after ensuring that tests have passed.

Example Configuration:

name: Build, Deploy, and Publish

on:
  push:
    branches:
      - main

jobs:
  deploy:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest

    steps:
    - name: Checkout code
      uses: actions/checkout@v2
      
    - name: Setup .NET
      uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v1
      with:
        dotnet-version: '6.0.x'

    - name: Restore dependencies
      run: dotnet restore

    - name: Build
      run: dotnet build --configuration Release

    - name: Publish
      run: dotnet publish --configuration Release --output ./publish

    - name: Deploy to GitHub Pages
      uses: JamesIves/[email protected]
      with:
        folder: ./publish

3. Deploy to GitHub Pages Workflow

File: .github/workflows/deploy-to-github-pages.yml

This workflow triggers deployment to GitHub Pages, packaging the built application for public access.

Example Configuration:

name: Deploy to GitHub Pages

on:
  push:
    branches:
      - main

jobs:
  deploy:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest

    steps:
    - name: Checkout code
      uses: actions/checkout@v2
      
    - name: Build
      run: dotnet build --configuration Release

    - name: Deploy
      uses: JamesIves/[email protected]
      with:
        branch: gh-pages
        folder: ./publish

Summary

The CI/CD automation for the PacManBlazor project is effectively achieved using GitHub Actions through three primary workflows. The build-and-test.yml ensures code quality by running builds and tests, while build-deploy-publish.yml automates the process of publishing the application after a successful build. Finally, deploy-to-github-pages.yml handles the deployment to GitHub Pages, ensuring that the latest version of the application is always live.

By following the structure and examples provided within these scripts, developers can efficiently manage their CI/CD processes in projects leveraging similar frameworks and tools.