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Published inMar 2024
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Eric Chapman
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Eric Chapman holds the position of Senior Delivery and Engineering Manager at a leading retailer in home improvement and trade in Australia and New Zealand. He primarily oversees integration, encompassing platforms such as API Gateway, EventMesh, authorization systems, developer portals, and extract, transform and load (ETL) platforms. Eric leads a team with a broad range of responsibilities and skills, overseeing all business areas. Previously, Eric and his team were instrumental in designing and developing an in-house point-of-sale system. This singular application accommodated four countries' tax and auditing requirements, supported multiple payment processing gateways, and incorporated a range of unique market-leading features.
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Understanding GitHub events more deeply

GitHub’s event-driven architecture is designed to cater to an expansive range of scenarios. Understanding these events can open doors to automation opportunities that one might have previously overlooked.

At the heart of GitHub’s platform is its event-driven architecture, a system that intuitively responds to all sorts of activities. While a surface-level understanding of these events provides for basic automation, diving deeper can unlock an extensive range of use cases enhancing our ability to automate, integrate, and innovate.

Let’s first explore the components that make up an event. What are its key elements?

The core of GitHub event payloads

GitHub isn’t just a platform for version control; it’s a dynamic ecosystem where developers collaborate, share, and evolve their projects. Every single action, whether it’s a comment, a star, or a merge, emits an event. These events act as signals...

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Published in: Mar 2024Publisher: PacktISBN-13: 9781805128625

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Eric Chapman

Eric Chapman holds the position of Senior Delivery and Engineering Manager at a leading retailer in home improvement and trade in Australia and New Zealand. He primarily oversees integration, encompassing platforms such as API Gateway, EventMesh, authorization systems, developer portals, and extract, transform and load (ETL) platforms. Eric leads a team with a broad range of responsibilities and skills, overseeing all business areas. Previously, Eric and his team were instrumental in designing and developing an in-house point-of-sale system. This singular application accommodated four countries' tax and auditing requirements, supported multiple payment processing gateways, and incorporated a range of unique market-leading features.
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