python-app.yml

name: Python CI #workflow name

on:
    push:
        branches:
            - main
    

jobs:
    test:
        runs-on: ubuntu-latest     #containers like ubuntu, windows, macos
        
        steps:
            - name: check out the code  #step 1: to check the code
              uses: actions/checkout@v2  #action/checkout@v2 is a prebuilt plugin of version 2 by githubactions to take the code from repo and check when it is triggered

            - name: to setup a python environment    
              uses: actions/setup-python@v2         #step2: actions/setup-python@v2 is a prebuilt plugin of verion 2 to build/setup a python environment of version 3.8
              with:
               python-version: '3.8'
            
            - name: Install dependencies        # installs all the dependencies/requirements to run the test (requirements.txt)
              run: |
                 python -m pip install --upgrade pip 
                 pip install -r requirements.txt  

            - name: run tests #tests folder
              run: pytest