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| AUGUST 2012 EDITION | | |
| | Story Branching and Continuous Integration | | | The basic idea of story branching (sometimes referred to as “issue-driven development”) is that you create a development branch for each and every JIRA issue you implement. Bug fixes, user stories, spikes… they all get their own branch. Madness, you say! And I would agree with you if we were still using a centralized version control system like SVN. But branching in Git is very lightweight and merges don’t lock up the entire repository, making this crazy idea quite practical. Read more » | | |
| | Reasons to go to AtlasCamp 2012! | | | This year’s AtlasCamp will be on September 19-21. If you’re an Atlassian plugin developer, you can’t miss this event. One of the biggest reasons this year’s AtlasCamp will be our best yet is because of the speakers and content we’ve been assembling. We also want your significant other to attend and join in the fun. That’s why we’re introducing the Partners Track! Read more » | |  | | |
| | Check out the first JIRA Enterprise Webinar | | | As part of the new JIRA Enterprise offering, we introduced a semi-annual webinar series focused on the latest updates and ongoings in the world of JIRA specifically related to our large, enterprise customer deployments. This webinar is exclusive for JIRA Enterprise customers, but for the first edition we decided to share it with everyone so you can get an idea of the direction we’re going with our Enterprise offerings for JIRA. Read more » | | | |
| | No Pain, More Gain: Updates to the Plugin Manager | | | If you’ve taken a look at the Administration page in JIRA, Confluence, or our developer tools lately, you might have noticed that we’ve taken the incredible add-on shopping experience that we launched with the Atlassian Marketplace and baked it right into our products. Friction-free add-on shopping and installation is here. Read more » | | |
| | You Waste A LOT of Time at Work [INFOGRAPHIC] | | | Our latest release of Confluence is just days away. It's packed full of new features that helps teams rediscover productivity and get more done, together. While we're eagerly awaiting its availability, we want you to join us in scrutinizing the usual suspects – the three biggest producivity-robbing culprits in the workplace: excessive email, pointless meetings, and constant interruptions. Read more » | |  | | | |
| | A Cleaner, more Personal, Bitbucket Dashboard | | | The Bitbucket User Dashboard is a portal of information for projects you are involved in. Tons of information flows through the dashboard – especially if you have access to a large number of repositories, or if you are part of a team. Bitbucket now makes it easier for you to filter the information important to you on your User Dashboard. Read more » | | |
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| | Our reading list | | | Here are a few sites and blogs we've been tagging around the office: | | | | | |
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