August 2016
Intermediate to advanced
754 pages
18h 10m
English
We have gained quite comprehensive knowledge of what kind of information we can gather using items. However, so far, we only have a single thing we are actively monitoring—we only have a single trigger created (we did that in Chapter 2, Getting Your First Notification). Triggers can do way more. Let's recap what a trigger is.
A trigger defines when a condition is considered worthy of attention. It "fires" (that is, becomes active), when item data or lack of it matches a particular condition, such as too high system load or too low free disk space.
Let's explore both of these concepts in more detail now. In this chapter, we will:
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