Bamboo 5.6: enterprise-scale CI for teams of all sizes
Continuous integration is a tall order, even in an ideal scenario: a small team working on a green-field project where test and deploy automation is baked in from the start. Now add legacy code, multiple business units, and thousands of engineers to the equation. Certainly doesn’t make things any easier, does it? Today we’re delighted to […]
A skeptic’s guide to continuous delivery, part 4: the culture of dev/ops collaboration
This is the forth in our five-part series from guest blogger J. Paul Reed—build engineer, automation enthusiast, and host of The Ship Show podcast. Any discussion on the transition toward continuous delivery of your software would be incomplete if it neglected the cultural aspects of such a deep change. In many conversations about the larger concept of DevOps (which CD […]
A skeptic’s guide to continuous delivery, part 3: real-world pipelines
This is the third in our five-part series from guest blogger J. Paul Reed—build engineer, automation enthusiast, and host of The Ship Show podcast. In the last two articles, we covered the business value proposition for implementing continuous delivery, as well as some areas you’ll need to keep your eye on in your own organization to nurture a transformation towards […]
A skeptic’s guide to continuous delivery, part 2: the nuts & bolts of CI
This is the second in our five-part series from guest blogger J. Paul Reed—build engineer, automation enthusiast, and host of The Ship Show podcast. Jez Humble, author of Continuous Delivery and one of its founding fathers, has an informal survey he likes to give to audiences. It starts with a simple question: “Raise your hand if you do continuous […]
New webinar! Super-powered CI with Git
You’ve always known that continuous integration (CI) is a critical part of working as a team and shipping great software. Thanks to a dark-arts blend of JUnit, TestNG, and Selenium, you’ve built a deflector shield that keeps bugs at bay. And then it happened: Your team decided to switch to Git. CI was challenging enough […]
A skeptic’s guide to continuous delivery, Part 1: The business case
This is the first post in our five-part series from guest blogger J. Paul Reed – build engineer, automation enthusiast, and host of The Ship Show podcast. Software development is moving towards continuity. The recent emphasis on continuous integration, built-in testing, constant monitoring, and feedback telemetry all point toward an overall trend in the software […]
Parlez vous Git? Stash 3 ist hier!
It’s been a tremendous ride since we first introduced Stash, our on-premises Git repository manager. We started the journey toward that initial launch by asking our customers questions: Why is Git critical to the success of their business? Where are the bottlenecks in their developers’ workflow? When do devs need their tools to get out […]
My life runs on Jira: sommelier edition
Nobody will ever accuse me of being a wine snob, what with my unsophisticated palate and refusal to spend over $30 per bottle. But I know what I like, and when I find something I like, I tend to grab a few bottles to have on hand. This has led to me to build up a […]
Bamboo 5.5: instant access to Stash repos
Few software projects start their lives spread out across multiple repositories. But, neither do most projects that remain in a single repo forever. Take Jira, for example: At 12 years of age, it is comprised of millions of lines of code stored across 19 repositories. As a company, Atlassian has hundreds of repos. Whether that’s good practice or […]
5 reasons Stash users are glad they chose Stash
When we’re out n’ about at meetups, conferences, etc., people often ask why they should use Stash when there are so many other options out there. At the risk of waxing existential, that’s a question each team must answer for themselves. But I can tell you why other teams have chosen–or switched to!–Stash. Behold: Five things you won’t find in […]
Have more date nights with Bamboo & Jira
My list of favorite new things at Atlassian since returning from 3 months leave is as follows: my adjustable-height desk, Hipchat video, and (to the surprise of exactly no-one) Bamboo’s ever-more-streamlined deployment flow. Having accurate information about what’s been deployed, what’s about to be deployed, and what state a rollback would leave you in can […]
Git branching for agile teams: webinar recording now available
Last week we held our first webinar on Git branching workflows for agile teams. With over 500 attendees and loads of great questions from viewers, I’d say it was a smashing success. Agile development is widely accepted as industry-standard practice, and the emergence of Git opens up the full power of branching workflows for teams […]
Inside Atlassian: How the Fisheye team migrated to Bamboo deployments
We all have the tendency to avoid things that are going to be difficult – whether physical, logistical, or otherwise. And we do this knowing full well that if we just faced the tough things head-on, it would result in a much lower degree of total difficulty in the long run. (For example, I once […]
My life runs on Jira: project Little Man
Those of you who saw me at Summit 2013 know I’ve got a special project underway: In about four weeks, our family will welcome another member. Even though this isn’t our first child, getting ready for “Little Man,” as we’ve been calling him, gets to feeling pretty overwhelming at times: Replace the car seat that […]
Guest blog: UI tests say more with Jira + Jubula
Today we have a guest post from Alexandra Schladebeck, product manager for Jubula, an Eclipse open source project for cross-platform, functional test automation. Alex and her team use Jira every day to manage their work, and got so excited about it, they couldn’t resist writing an integration. Why do we test? Without getting too philosophical about it, […]