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GitHub Code Scanning Using Third-Party Actions
GitHub’s code scanning helps identify vulnerabilities and errors in your codebase, and while CodeQL is a powerful built-in option, you can also integrate third-party tools for a tailored approach. Configuring code scanning with third-party actions allows you to leverage tools like SonarQube, Checkmarx, or Trivy within GitHub Actions workflows. By uploading results in SARIF format,…
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Code Security with GitHub Code Scanning and CodeQL Custom Queries
For this blog, we’ll enhance the advanced setup in our Instance-Security repo (a Java/Maven project) by creating a custom query pack to test CodeQL’s flexibility. If you haven’t explored our blog on Code Scanning with Advanced CodeQL Setup, we strongly recommend checking it out first, as it’s a prerequisite for following along with this blog.…
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Code Security with GitHub Code Scanning and Advanced CodeQL Setup
About Advanced Setup for Code Scanning Advanced setup for code scanning is ideal when you need a tailored approach to securing your codebase. By crafting and modifying a workflow file, you can customize the scanning process extensively. This includes specifying how to compile languages, selecting specific CodeQL queries to execute, choosing which languages to analyze,…
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Code Scanning with GitHub and CodeQL
What is Code Scanning? Code scanning is a GitHub feature designed to help developers identify security vulnerabilities and coding errors in their projects before they become bigger problems. It analyzes your code automatically, flags potential issues like SQL injection or cross-site scripting (XSS), and displays them as alerts right in your repository. Picture it as…
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GitHub Copilot vs Traditional Coding: How GitHub Copilot is Transforming Developer Workflows?
Coding has always been a blend of art and logic, requiring hours of debugging and research. But what if there was a way to reduce the grind without sacrificing quality? Enter GitHub Copilot, the AI-powered coding assistant that’s reshaping how developers approach their work. GitHub Copilot’s ability to auto-generate relevant code snippets based on your…
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Top GitHub Tools you Should Know in 2025 – Shaping the Future with GitHub
As we navigate through 2025, GitHub continues to be a cornerstone in the software development ecosystem, offering tools and services that enhance productivity, collaboration, and code quality. Here are some of the top GitHub tools you should be familiar with this year: Top GitHub Tools 1. GitHub Copilot: AI-Powered Development Assistant GitHub Copilot has transformed…
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Securing Your GitHub Actions Workflows: 4 Best Practices
As a developer, you likely rely on GitHub Actions and other CI/CD tools to automate your projects’ builds, tests, and deployments. However, these powerful platforms also present security risks if not configured carefully. Hackers actively target vulnerabilities in automation workflows to infiltrate codebases and supply chains. Luckily, with some simple precautions, you can help protect…
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Understanding and Setting up Continuous Integration for MyShuttle Using GitHub Actions
Introduction Introduction to GitHub Actions for Automated Workflows: GitHub Actions is an integrated automation platform allowing developers to define, customize, and automate workflows within their GitHub repositories. Using YAML files, developers can automate tasks like building, testing, and deploying software, simplifying complex processes with reusable actions. Benefits of using GitHub Actions for setting up and…
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Terraform for Azure Cloud: Simplifying Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
Terraform is an open-source Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tool developed by HashiCorp. It enables users to define and provision infrastructure resources in a declarative and consistent manner. In the context of Azure Cloud, Terraform provides a powerful solution for managing and automating the deployment of resources. Let’s dive into the resources we are creating using…
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Streamline Your Docker Workflow with GitHub Actions
Introduction: In today’s fast-paced development environment, efficient and automated workflows are crucial for successful software delivery. Docker has revolutionized the way we package and deploy applications, and GitHub Actions has emerged as a powerful tool for automating various tasks within the software development lifecycle. In this blog post, we will explore how you can leverage…