Triggers

Triggers and Visual States

Property triggers, data triggers, event triggers with animations, and the VisualStateManager system that governs how controls react to state changes.

Automated Triggers

Learn how automated triggers detect events in connected services and kick off Power Automate flows without any manual action.

Instant and Scheduled Triggers

Understand how manually-launched instant triggers and time-based scheduled triggers give you full control over when a flow runs.

Triggers in SQL Server

Learn how AFTER and INSTEAD OF triggers fire automatically in response to DML events, and how to use the inserted and deleted pseudo-tables correctly.

Apex Triggers Basics

An introduction to what Apex triggers are, how their syntax and events work, and when to reach for a trigger instead of declarative automation.

Azure Functions Basics

Azure Functions is a serverless compute service that runs small, event-triggered pieces of code without you provisioning or managing any servers.

GitHub Actions Triggers and Events

Learn how GitHub Actions workflows start: the `on:` key, common webhook events, scheduled runs, manual dispatch, and how to filter events by branch, path, or t…

Pipeline Security Basics

CI/CD pipelines are a high-value attack surface with broad access to source, secrets, and production, so securing them requires trusted inputs, isolated execut…

Auto-Scaling Basics

Introduces how systems automatically add or remove capacity in response to demand, covering triggers, scaling policies, and common pitfalls.

HTMX + Alpine.js Patterns Cheat Sheet

Common patterns for pairing HTMX's server-driven HTML swaps with Alpine.js's lightweight client-side reactivity.