Practical Jira Plugins : Using Jira Effectively: Custom Development

Matthew B Doar

ISBN 10: 1449308279 / ISBN 13: 9781449308278

Published by O'reilly Media Aug 2011, 2011

About this Item

Neuware - One advantage of using JIRA for issue tracking, bug tracking, or project management is the ability to extend this tool with hundreds of plugins from the JIRA community. In this concise book, software toolsmith Matt Doar the author of Practical JIRA Administration shows you how to create and maintain your own JIRA plugins to meet the specific needs of a project.This book uses detailed examples to clarify some of the more confusing aspects of JIRA plugins, and serves as an ideal supplement to the extensive documentation already available.\* Use JIRA s Plugin SDK, and learn several aspects common to all plugins\* Create your own custom field type, using a JIRA plugin\* Delve into advanced aspects of custom field plugins, and discover how searching for values in custom fields works\* Create JIRA plugins to use with workflows, and learn about conditions, validators, and post-functions\* Store data using the PropertySet interface and the Active Objects plugin\* Upgrade a plugin and upload it to Atlassian Plugin Exchange (PAC).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Practical Jira Plugins : Using Jira Effectively: Custom Development
• Publisher: O'reilly Media Aug 2011
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1449308279
• ISBN 13: 9781449308278
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 234W x 179H x 15D millimeters 234 millimeters width by 179 millimeters height by 15 millimeters depth
• Weight: 202 grams

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Synopsis

One advantage of using JIRA for issue tracking, bug tracking, or project management is the ability to extend this tool with hundreds of plugins from the JIRA community. In this concise book, software toolsmith Matt Doar—the author of Practical JIRA Administration—shows you how to create and maintain your own JIRA plugins to meet the specific needs of a project.

This book uses detailed examples to clarify some of the more confusing aspects of JIRA plugins, and serves as an ideal supplement to the extensive documentation already available.

Use JIRA’s Plugin SDK, and learn several aspects common to all plugins Create your own custom field type, using a JIRA plugin Delve into advanced aspects of custom field plugins, and discover how searching for values in custom fields works Create JIRA plugins to use with workflows, and learn about conditions, validators, and post-functions Store data using the PropertySet interface and the Active Objects plugin Upgrade a plugin and upload it to Atlassian Plugin Exchange (PAC)

About the Author

Matt Doar runs Consulting Toolsmiths, a software consultancy in Silicon Valley and has extensive experience configuring and customizing JIRA for clients all over the world. He is an Atlassian partner and is part of the wider Atlassian development community.

He also wrote "Practical Development Environments", O'Reilly (2005) which described the basics of software tools - version control, build tools, testing, issue trackers, automation.

Matt also runs the blog http://jiradev.blogspot.com which has a number of similar tips, trick and examples for practical JIRA development.