Chapter 1: E-commerce Checkout Reliability

This directory contains the blog post about transforming fragile e-commerce checkout systems into bulletproof workflows using Tasker.

📝 Blog Post

• blog-post.md - The main blog post content

🧪 Tested Code Examples

All code examples for this blog post are now tested and validated in the main Tasker repository:

• Complete Working Examples - All step handlers, configurations, and tests

• YAML Configuration - Complete task configuration

• Step Handlers - All Ruby step handler implementations

• Demo Scripts - Interactive demo and testing scripts

• RSpec Tests - Complete test suite proving all examples work

🏃‍♂️ Quick Start

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/tasker-systems/tasker.git
cd tasker/spec/blog/post_01_ecommerce_reliability

# Run the setup
./setup-scripts/setup.sh

# Run the demo
./demo/checkout_demo.rb

📊 What's Tested

• ✅ All step handlers execute correctly

• ✅ Retry logic works as expected

• ✅ Error handling and recovery

• ✅ REST API endpoints

• ✅ Monitoring and observability

• ✅ Integration with external services (mocked)

🔗 Related Files

• TESTING.md - Testing approach and scenarios

• setup-scripts/ - Setup and demo scripts

🎯 Key Takeaways

The examples demonstrate:

1. Atomic steps with clear dependencies

2. Intelligent retry logic for different failure types

3. Built-in state management and monitoring

4. REST API for system integration

5. Event-driven monitoring and alerting

All code is production-ready and thoroughly tested in the Tasker engine.