Using Confluence for UML; 'Agile development needs agile documentation'
Peter Hilton wrote a terrific article about doing UML design inside of Confluence, instead of a heavy-weight UML authoring tool. As he so aptly says, Agile software development needs agile documentation, and drawing UML in Confluence’s Graphviz plug-in is way more agile than fiddling with vector drawing tools like Visio all day. Find the whole […]
Jira Commit Acceptance Plugin 1.1 Released
We’ve just released an update to our popular Commit Acceptance plugin (see some background here). The plugin can now maintain different configurations for each project in Jira. You can see how it works in the screenshot below: You start by setting up global rules for all of Jira. As before, you can specify whether commits […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Codegeist Ideas
Since I started talking about Codegeist this year, I’ve been pointing people at the plugin wishlist. It’s the place where we capture all the plugin ideas that we don’t have time to build, and where the community can suggest new plugins that they think would be useful. That’s all well and good, but it’s a […]
WebDAV 1.1 Released
We’ve just put out an update for the Confluence WebDAV plugin. The WebDAV plugins allows you to access your Confluence server as though it were a Windows network drive. You can edit documents and attachments directly in Office, just like they were on a traditional shared drive. Version 1.1 contains lots of fixes, as well […]
Codegeist Update; Plugin Hosting
We’re starting to get some great entries in for Codegeist. There’s a lot of activity around Bamboo, our new continuous integration server, which is very exciting to us. There’s a Cobertura code-coverage plugin, which we’re already using on the Jira team. And there’s an NAnt plugin that shows the .Net community is well-represented. You should […]
Codegeist Dev Chat Tomorrow
We’re holding another Dev Chat tomorrow evening (US time) to help out with folks building plugins for Codegeist. If you have any development questions, come by and we’ll help you out. The chat is tomorrow, April 25th at 6pm PST. There will be a chat room devoted to each product, so join the one that […]
Searching the Confluence Plugin Library
I added a new feature to the Confluence plugin library: searching! You can now list, filter, sort and search all of the plugins in the Confluence Plugin Repository. This is the same list that Confluence admins will see when they visit the Confluence Repository Client in the software to install new plugins. You can filter […]
Codegeist II: Release Early, release often
One of the most valuable things that I learned from last year’s Codegeist competition is that openness wins. Some of our competitors got their plugins working and put them up for download in the entries section very early in the contest. Others waited until the last possible minute to submit their work. I’m not sure […]
Codegeist Dev Chats
‘Tis the season of Codegeist, and that means lots of people jumping in to new coding projects. And that inevitably means lots of questions. So to make sure that you get lots of answers, we’re going to be holding developer chats where you can ask us about plugin development, code questions, or anything else that […]
Survey about wiki habits
Eugene Eric Kim, co-founder of the collaboration consulting firm Blue Oxen Associates and active member of the wiki community, is working on a study of wiki interoperability. He’s published a survey about users’ wiki habits, focusing primarily on people who regularly use more than one wiki. It should take about 10 minutes to complete. If […]
Codegeist II is here
It’s that time of the year again! Atlassian is kicking off Codegeist II, our second annual plugin competition. We’re putting up twice as much money this year — $20k in cash prizes — and have lined up a selection of fine products for your enjoyment. In general, the same rules as last year apply — […]