Join us as we discuss Continuous Delivery / CI with a combination of Github Templates, Github Actions, and Salesfore DX. For a video of the presentation, please see the following event: https://trailblazercommunitygroups.com/events/details/salesforce-salesforce-developer-group-twin-cities-united-states-presents-using-github-templates-and-actions-with-sfdx/

2. James Loghy
Architect @ Demand Chain

3. Why are we here?
High Level View of deployment possibilities with Salesforce
What will I get out of this presentation?
An example of using GitHub Actions as a Salesforce DevOps solution
What is this presentation NOT about?
● Coding
● In-depth analysis of Salesforce DevOps

4. Agenda
1. Salesforce Deployment Tools
2. CI / CD Options with Salesforce
3. GitHub Template Repositories
4. GitHub Actions
5. GitHub Actions and SFDX Demo
6. What Next?
7. Q and A

5. Salesforce Deployment Tools
Change Sets
ANT / Migration Toolkit
VS Code
Salesforce DX / CLI

6. Third Party Salesforce DevOps

7. Continuous Integration / Continuous Delivery
Automated Builds, Deployments and Related Tasks
Jenkins

8. What do I need to set up a GitHub Action?
1. GitHub account (Personal or Organization)
2. Create a Connected App in Salesforce
a. Create a connected app for utilizing the JWT oAuth flow
3. Create a GitHub Workflow File
a) Workflow files reside in ./github/workflows
b) Use YAML markup
4. Create GitHub Secrets for encrypted configuration
a) Username, Consumer Key, Certificate Key, Login URL

10. What Next?
1. Using Actions for:
a) Validating Pull Requests (PRs)
b) Running Code Coverage reports
c) Automating Salesforce Health Check Reports
d) Automating metadata backups
e) Slack / Email / Twitter notifications on Deployments
2. Other Ideas:
a) Utilizing GitHub API for automating actions
b) Creating GitHub Template Repositories for special use cases.
c) Managing Pull Requests / Issues through Salesforce, using the GitHub API
d) ???

11. Trailhead Learning
Travis CI Trailhead Module (Similar to GH Actions):
https://trailhead.salesforce.com/content/learn/modules/sfdx_travis_ci
GitHub Action Marketplace
https://github.com/marketplace?type=actions
SFDX GitHub Template (Comes with predefined GH Actions / Workflows)
https://github.com/dancinllama/sfdx-template