API 2.0: New function and enhanced usability

Today, Bitbucket officially launches our 2.0 REST APIs. This release supplies new functionality you can use to automate teams, repositories, branch restrictions, and manage pull requests. In this release you’ll get the ability to: Post new or update existing pull requests Manage pull request activity by merging or declining pull requests Query team membership, list […]

2012’s Twelve Most Read Developer Blogs

As the year ends, we decided to look in the rear view mirror and see which Developer blog posts were the most popular.   So, here, for your viewing pleasure on 12/12/2012, the top 12 blog posts of 2012 –ordered from earliest to latest in appearance. 13 Steps to Learn and Perfect Security Testing in […]

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 […]

Creating a GA Goal Funnel for an Online Tutorial (Part 2 of 3)

Recently, I’ve redesigned of the Atlassian development tutorial that introduces developers to our software developer kit (SDK) . This is the second of a three-part series of blogs related to this project. Part 1, What is Your Tutorial’s Funnel Conversion Rate introduced the assignment and the funnel conversion report I use to measure its success. […]

What is Your Tutorial’s Funnel Conversion Rate? (Part 1 of 3)

The latest assignment I’ve got calls for a redesign of the Atlassian tutorial that introduces developers to our software developer kit (SDK) .  This is the first of a three-part series of blogs related to this project.  In this part, I discuss the project goals, the research behind the redesign, and some metrics for measuring […]