Jira 5 RubyGem
One of the key features of the upcoming Jira 5 release is the revamped REST API. This API gives you full access to creating, reading, updating, and deleting issues as well as other metadata related to issues. REST APIs provide for an easy and lightweight way to integrate with other apps using basic HTTP and […]
AtlasCamp Europe 2012 agenda is now live!
If you haven’t heard, AtlasCamp is coming to Europe on March 22nd and 23rd — fun times ahead! AtlasCamp is our annual developer event. Usually, we only hold this event in Half Moon Bay, California. This year we’ve decided to bring the party to our European developers. And today, we’ve posted the agenda filled with great […]
Practical Jira Plugins – A book by Matt Doar
I’ve always thought of software development as a creative process. It’s much more than just using tools and pushing bits and bytes around. However, without the right tools and knowledge to use them, crafting software becomes very difficult. Atlassian’s plugin framework is a powerful tool for developers looking to build on top of our products. […]
Modern Principles in Web Development
I’ve been kickstarting a bunch of small web apps lately. It seems like every time I start a new project, theres’s always something new that causes me to adjust my development principles. I thought it might be good to take a snapshot of what’s “in” today. I like to think of web development phases starting […]
AtlasCamp 2011 Videos
Remember AtlasCamp 2011 (that was so last year)? I remember promising that we would have the videos available soon after the event. So much for that. For 2012, I resolve not to make any crazy promises that I can’t keep. Something came up and sadly the videos got pushed to the backlog. The good thing […]
Building an Ecosystem for Hackers
A couple of weeks ago, I presented at QCon SF. My topic was on Building an Ecosystem for Hackers. It was a talk about how we empower our users (yes, users – who mostly happen to be developers) to hack on our products for fun and profit. The sentiment of the talk focused on the fact […]
Introducing the REST API Browser and the Atlassian Developer Toolbox
As a developer, it’s very rewarding to work with beautiful APIs that just work. Half the battle of building applications against 3rd party APIs is having clear and concise documentation that show great examples. However, sometimes documentation doesn’t go far enough. Sometimes, having a tool that allows you to “touch and feel” the API is […]
Time for your Checkup!
Plugin checkup, that is. We announced this at AtlasCamp a few weeks ago, but somehow forgot to blog about it… so here it is. checkup.atlassian.com is live! The Atlassian Plugin Checkup is a simple tool that give plugin developers the ability to validate a plugin against a wide array of Atlassian products/versions. The checkup will […]
New Plugin Development Hotness
A big focus at AtlasCamp last week was improving the productivity of plugin development. A few of the improvements in the latest Atlassian SDK (aka, AMPS, Atlassian Maven Plugin Suite) contribute a large part to improving the developer feedback loop. Before the latest SDK, developing a plugin usually consisted of the following steps: Download Atlassian […]
AtlasCamp #4 is History
I’m a new’ish Atlassian and this was my first AtlasCamp, but it felt like I’ve been to all four. This is a testament to how awesome the Atlassian community is. The Atlassian developer community is one of the warmest and friendliest developer communities I’ve come to know recently — and I’m not just saying that just because […]
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