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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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Exploring workflow capabilities

GitHub workflows offer a wide range of capabilities, including niche features catering to specific use cases or scenarios. In this section, we’re going to talk through the capabilities in detail we mentioned before, which will provide you with a foundation-level knowledge of the capabilities and the chance to apply these new learnings.

Before we jump into the specifics, here is a quick reminder on the structure of a workflow and what it primarily consists of:

  • Events/triggers: Workflows are triggered by specific events, such as pushing code to a branch, creating a pull request, calls via the GitHub API, or scheduling a cronjob.
  • Jobs: A workflow can consist of multiple jobs, each running a sequence of steps. Jobs can run in parallel or sequentially, depending on your requirements.
  • Steps: Each job consists of steps that perform individual tasks, such as running a script, checking out code, or using a pre-built action.

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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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