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Published inMar 2024
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Eric Chapman
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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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In this chapter, we delved into the capabilities offered by GitHub Actions to enhance the efficiency and reliability of our software development workflows. We explored the composition of reusable workflows and composite actions, enabling standardization and code reusability across our pipelines. By leveraging these concepts, we can streamline our development process and promote best practices.

We also dived into the debugging capabilities of GitHub Actions, uncovering techniques to identify and troubleshoot issues in our workflows. Whether it was utilizing act for local testing or leveraging the native debugging functionality of the platform, we explored various methods to ensure the smooth execution of our workflows and improve overall productivity.

Additionally, we delved into the monitoring and notification features of GitHub Actions, with an emphasis on integration with widely used communication tools such as Slack. While we didn’t touch on it in this discussion...

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

Author (1)

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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.
Read more about Eric Chapman