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ShipIt V – Sage 2.0
Problem Sage is our search engine that powers http://search.atlassian.com/. It currently looks like this: It’s not really very much of a search engine, as it simply collates results from several different resources (e.g. Confluence docs, Jira bugs, Jive forum threads, etc) in a nice format. Whilst the initial interface currently available on http://search.atlassian.com/ has served […]
Add To Google plugin
Google allows its users to customize their home pages and calls it iGoogle. As my ShipIt project I decided to create a plugin to Jira that would allow to integrate Jira with Jira Issues Google Gadget. This plugin would enable a one-click operation that would add a new gadget onto the personalized Google Home page. […]
Codegeist is complete!
Yesterday marked the end of our second annual Codegeist plugin competition, and as we saw last year, there was a flurry of activity over the last few days. In the final week of the competition, the number of entries climbed from the low twenties to a finally tally of forty-one entries. One of the interesting […]
ShipIt Episode V: The XMPP Strikes Back
Last week we held Atlassian’s fifth “Fedex”. Originally Fedex Day, the new expanded Fedex gives all developers at Atlassian a day and a half work on anything they like, provided they can deliver it for demonstration at the end of Friday.
Sony Ericsson Developer World Phones Home to Confluence
Thanks to Mark Derricutt’s Disturbing Thoughts blog, I was redirected to Sony Ericsson’s new developer wiki that uses Confluence. The wiki employs a unique theme that gives the site a fresh look and user experience. Great job!
8 Ways to use a wiki
Product documentation — collaboratively write it in-house, then let customers add to it as they use the product. Collaboratively write news releases — A great way to make sure that a news release has input from product managers, marketing staff, etc. and can be quickly updated as necessary before release. Knowledge base — Keep common […]
Codegeist: Fit & Finish
We’re down to the final few days of the Codegeist competition, so now is the time to polish your entries so they present your plugin in the best light. And that means a full, complete, well documented and attractive plugin entry page. Fortunately, we’ve got some excellent examples to show you: The Bamboo Simian plugin […]
Full Speed Ahead
Recently we’ve been getting a lot of critical load notifications from contegix about our internal Bamboo build box for Jira. This is pretty much normal as we’ve got a lot of builds on Bamboo, and every check-in to subversion triggers a whole flood of different builds. We did start to run out of physical memory […]
Jira 3.9 Released
Dear Jira Users, We are happy to deliver Jira 3.9 only eight weeks after 3.8. The Jira Team have been making as many improvements as we possibly can in this time-frame. We really hope you enjoy this release. Jira 3.9 includes two very popular features: – The ability to convert an issue to a sub-task […]
Codegeist Final Stretch
We’re in the final stretch for Codegeist. The Contest ends this Sunday at midnight. We’ve got some great entries so far. A few of the recent entries have been very interesting: The Jira Link Hierarchy Report builds a graphical representation of linked issues The Jira TimeCharts is a great collection of useful Time Tracking charts […]
Chronicling the introduction of a wiki
Simon Mittag has written a blog post chronicling his work to introduce wiki in his organisation. This is a great first-person account for anyone who is in the process of starting a wiki (or just thinking about it) to read. In 4 Weeks Of Introducing A Wiki Into An Organisation Mittag starts by saying, “I […]
lighttpd as a front-end for Atlassian applications
Currently the preferred way to enable SSL or port 80 for a Java application is to install Apache as a reverse proxy. But using mod_proxy or mod_jk you can use standard SSL certificate formats and use it to securely open port 80 and map to the application. However using Apache is slightly overkill when we’re […]
Of stack traces and thread dumps …
I recently came across this terrific article on how to read a stack trace, and building on that, how to read a thread dump. It is a great introduction for new Java programmers (and support engineers), and it also has some interesting tips for the more experienced. To the anonymous author, I salute and thank […]
Release Early, Part II
I wrote a few weeks ago about the benefits of releasing early for feedback, particularly for Codegeist entries. I just wanted to point out two of the plugin developers who took this advice to heart and have gotten the benefits. Ross Rowe’s Cobertura Plugin for Bamboo has generated a healthy comment thread. Brock Janiczak and […]
Atlassian Partner Seminar in France
We’re excited to announce that Valiantys, an Atlassian partner, is hosting a day-long seminar in Toulouse, France next month. The agenda is full of interesting topics and sessions focused on Jira and Confluence. If you are in the area, come network and socialise with peers, developers, and other folks with shared interests. Here are the […]