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Drag-and-Drop Editing for Images and Macros – Coming in Confluence 4.3
Confluence 4.3 has been released. Learn more! You may have read the title of this blog post, and thought one of two things: 1. ‘What the heck is ‘Drag-and-Drop and how can I use it?’ It’s quite simple really, drag-and-drop makes it incredibly easy to take the files crowding your desktop, or documents trapped on […]
Origami Charlie
Coding apathy is something that has hit many developers at some point in time. You have so many ideas running through your head, but the last thing you want to do is sit down to code. The best solution is to take a complete break and focus on something non-technical. After my own recent bout […]
Meet the New & Improved Bamboo OnDemand!
If you’re a Bamboo OnDemand subscriber, you could be forgiven for feeling a stab of jealousy every time a batch of new kick-ass features comes out for the on-premises Bamboo offering. “When, oh when, will it be my turn?”, you pined. Well, if you logged into your Bamboo OnDemand instance this morning, you already know that the […]
Converting Readers into Users (3 of 3)
Recently, the developer relations team redesigned the tutorial that introduces users to the Atlassian SDK. Our goal was to make users successful with the tutorial. We defined success as more users completing the tutorial. We used a Google Analytics URL funnel goal to measure our success. Traffic through the original and then the redesigned tutorials […]
Case Study: Why did SAFMT Go Jira?
Nonprofit organizations aim to put as much of every dollar possible into their beneficiaries. Implementing Jira has enabled the Student Assistance Foundation to do better development work with less staff, making developers happy and, more importantly, saving operational costs to benefit students. Ultimately, the fact that Jira allows SAF to work smarter means more Montana […]
How Many Build Agents Does My Project Need? (a.k.a. “The $16,000 Question”)
<sirMixALotMoment> I like big builds and I cannot lie. But you other builders can’t deny when a curl comes in with an itty-bitty trace* and dependencies out of place your build’s hung! </sirMixALotMoment> I like big builds even better when they’re running efficiently and giving the team fast feedback on changes. Lately I’ve been thinking […]
Linking your Stash Git repositories to Crucible for code reviews
Stash is now called Bitbucket Server. Read our announcement blog. A couple months ago we released Stash, our new Git repository hosting solution behind the firewall. Stash is a great solution for repository hosting that you can couple to Crucible to perform code reviews on your changesets. This blog post will take you through the […]
Atlassian Foundation raises $US191k for charity in one month
That’s right. Atlassians are a generous bunch, digging deep and donating almost $200,000 to their favourite charities in just one month. So how did it happen? Well, we like to call it “Double Donation Matching in May” – for every $1 Atlassians donated, the Atlassian Foundation double matched it. The result: Double Happiness. Here’s the equation: […]
Announcing Jira 5.1 – the Fastest Jira Yet
We’re excited to bring you Jira 5.1, available for download today! You’ve got a need for speed, and your issue tracker just got a whole lot faster. Everything you need from Jira is quicker than ever before! Faster feedback loop Faster interactions Faster application response times Why does speed matter? Building software that delights end […]
Coming Soon: A More Productive Way to Work
Confluence 4.3 has been released. Learn more! The modern work place has changed It’s no longer enough to just show up and work with the colleagues in your office during typical business hours. These days, work knows no boundaries, neither geographical nor personal. It’s likely that you’re constantly working with people in other timezones, countries, and […]
Join us in a Confluence developer doc sprint
The Atlassian technical writers invite you to one of our famous choc fests – uh, doc sprints! This time we’re targeting the Confluence developer documentation. Let’s build some simple but lustworthy Confluence add-ons, and write them up so that other people can follow in our footsteps. A doc sprint is an event where some seriously […]
QA test data is now available for Confluence Plugin Developers
Introduction This is test data which is useful for finding issues with Confluence features and plugins. If you are a plugin developer, you should use it. Test data – why it is useful Developers tend to perform testing as users called “Test User” and use pages called “Test Page” QA Engineers are looking to find […]
Coming Soon: the New & Improved Bamboo OnDemand!
It’s been quite a while since Bamboo OnDemand was upgraded, and the wait is almost over! Later this month we’ll be bringing the hosted offering to be current with the latest offering for download, Bamboo 4.1. I sat down with Douglas Butler, product manager for our OnDemand universe, to get the scoop. SGD: First, tell […]
13 days left before Codegeist ends!
That’s right, only 13 days left before four awesome developers win $45,000 in cash prizes. What are you waiting for? If this news comes to you as a surprise, it’s not too late. Codegeist is our annual Add-on development contest. If you have an idea, some code skills, and a desire to win you’ve still […]
An Early Present for Admins – Set Default Permissions for New Spaces
With Christmas in July fast approaching we’ve got an early present for all you Confluence admins out there. You might have missed it amongst all the post-Summit hype about all the killer new features coming in Confluence 4.3 – including Confluence mobile, tasks, and in-app notifications – but with more than 100 of your votes on our public issue-tracker […]