Monday 1:30pm

Plugins 2.0: The overview

Plugins have evolved in the past year, and the new plugin architecture will be incorporated in all products in 2009. This session dives into the detail of the new plugins system, guides developers on the best techniques and approaches and explores how the architecture will evolve further.

Atlassian Speaker: Don Brown

Key Takeaways:

• In-depth look at plugins 2
• How-tos and code samples

Monday 2:30pm

Testing Plugins

So you've developed your first plugin, now what? This session explains best practices in plugin testing and debugging.

Atlassian Speaker: Jonathan Nolen

Monday 3:45pm

Intro to Atlassian Dashboards and OpenSocial

Atlassian is unveiling a new dashboard that will be added to all of our products, based on the OpenSocial specification. This session explores Atlassian's use of OpenSocial, and details the new Atlassian dashboards and Gadgets.

Atlassian Speaker: Tim Moore

Key Takeaways:

• Overview of OpenSocial
• Deep-dive on Atlassian dashboards and Gadgets
• Demos, how-tos and more

Monday 4:45pm

plugins.atlassian.com: Discovering, Browsing and Updating the Plugins Catalogue

Atlassian is updating the plugin catalogue and has exciting plans for how administrators discover plugins, and how plugin developers can promote new plugins. This session provides a sneak peek of the new plugins.atlassian.com and provides detail on plans for an updated plugin manager and plugin storefront.

Atlassian Speaker: Michael Knighten

Key Takeaways:

• Discuss Atlassian's plans for the plugin cataglogue, plugin browser and plugin marketplace

Tuesday 9:00am

Panel Discussion: Building a Commercial Plugin Business

Interested in starting a commercial plugin business? Have a great idea for a plugin, but not sure where to start. This session presents a panel of successful commercial plugin businesses, their stories and suggestions for how to grow a successful business building Atlassian plugins.

Partner Speakers: Balsamiq, Comalatech, Gliffy, Greenpepper

Key Takeaways:

• Stories about successful commercial plugin businesses
• Ideas and advice on building commercial plugins

Tuesday 10:00am

The Plugin Dr. is in!

Join experienced plugin developers and Atlassian engineers for a plugin hackathon. Get your questions answered, brainstorm cool new plugin ideas, pair program on plugins or prototypes, and more.