Gareth Cantrell - Automate Everyday Tasks in Jira: A practical, no-code approach for Jira admins and power users to automate everyday processes

A practical, no-code approach for Jira admins and power users to automate everyday processes

Gareth Cantrell

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To my best friend and husband, Shaun, without whose support I would not have been able to complete this book. To my mom and the memory of my dad, who have always believed in us and encouraged us to be the best we can be.

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Gareth Cantrell is currently working at Square Enix as an ITSM Solution Architect. He has a software engineering background, having spent at least 15 years of his 25-year career developing various software solutions for clients.

For the past 10 years, Gareth has been involved in designing, implementing, and integrating solutions with Jira and other Atlassian tools, most of which involve automation to varying degrees.

He has worked on projects including end-to-end ITSM solutions with Jira/Slack and other third-party tools, Agile and DevOps implementations in Jira, and integrations with various CI/CD tools.

Grant Andrew Finnemore qualified as an electrical engineer in the 1990s, but his passion is for building software, focusing on business empowerment. He also readily imparts his knowledge and experience.

Grant owns, and is the CEO of, a boutique software company GuruHut. This company has been in operation since 2000, and has a reputation for quality and delivery. In 2014, Obsidian Systems took an interest, and together they became an Atlassian Platinum Partner.

Grant is married to Ania. Fast-forward 20 years and they manage a household comprising 4 young children Liam, Rory, Sean, and Ewan, and 3 energetic labradors. When not working, he is often to be found on his bicycle, either riding the hills around home or virtually.

This is Grant's second book. The first was entitled Views from the Southern Cross.

I'd like to express my thanks to the diligent staff at Packt who guided my input to this project not always an easy task. My sincere gratitude to the author, who I had the pleasure of working with at GuruHut, and who roped me into this project. Finally, to my wife and family for their support over so many years thank you. I'm so much better for having you all in my life.

Ravi Sagar is an Atlassian consultant, Drupal expert, and author of several Jira books. He currently works for Adaptavist, an Atlassian partner company headquartered in London. In 2010, Ravi founded Sparxsys Solutions Pvt. Ltd., a start-up company that provides consultancy and training services on Atlassian tools and Drupal.

In his spare time, he loves blogging and publishes free online courses on his website, ravisagar.in, covering Jira, Drupal, Linux, Emacs, Org Mode, and programming. He also has a popular YouTube channel, Ravi Sagar, where he produces free content on these topics with a focus on ScriptRunner for Jira and Automation.

I would like to thank my wife, Shelly, who has always stood by me and helped me achieve my goals, and my daughter, Raavya, for allowing me to spend time reviewing this book. Finally, I also wish to thank my parents for their endless support.

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