Notes from building Atlassian apps
Field notes from The Starware on Jira configuration, Atlassian app development, and the working habits that keep it all moving — drawn from more than ten years building apps for the Atlassian Marketplace.
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This is the third post on the Sum-up Custom Field for Jira. In the first post we built a single rollup: an “Expand into the EU Market” Goal…
In our earlier post about the Sum-up Custom Field for Jira, we followed an “Expand into the EU Market” Goal, a six-level plan whose…
Somebody on your team is doing this right now: opening an Epic, clicking into every Story underneath it, writing down a number from each…
Every team knows the feeling: a issue that should have shipped days ago is still open, and nobody quite remembers why. The truth is that…
The Eisenhower Matrix is a two-dimensional time management framework that helps you prioritize tasks, projects, and to-dos based on their “urgency” and “importance.” It is named after Dwight D.…
In our previous article, we explored the Pomodoro Technique, a globally recognized method for overcoming distractions and managing time…
You sit at your desk. You have a task to do, but your hand keeps reaching for your phone. A few notifications, a bit of scrolling through…
In our previous articles, we explored the core principles of the Getting Things Done (GTD)© methodology and introduced our new app, Getting…
In fast-paced environments, keeping track of issue statuses and ensuring timely follow-ups can be challenging. When an issue transitions…
Every support agent knows the feeling. A ticket comes in, you start investigating, and halfway through your response you discover the…
Your to-do list keeps growing, notifications never stop, and your mind is constantly trying not to forget things. In modern work life, the…
Managing Your Personal Workflow in Jira with Getting Work Done
Managing hierarchical work in Jira often means manually calculating totals across child issues. How many story points are in this epic…
Risk management is a critical discipline for any project, but Jira’s built-in single and multi-select fields often fall short when it comes to helping users make informed decisions. When selecting a…
Tired of Jira issues (work items) stuck in certain statuses, hidden from view until it’s too late? Our Time in Status custom field for Jira…
Your team manages hardware. Laptops get deployed, servers need maintenance, devices break and need repair. Right now, that information…
You may want to fine-tune your license usage in Jira. For instance, some of your employees might work only from Monday to Wednesday, while…
Our Jira timesheet application, WorklogPRO, has been developed using Atlassian’s new Forge framework. Initially, Forge lacked several…
Large enterprises often require multiple ways to categorize projects, whether by hierarchical structures, business units, or the…
If your daily workflow is mainly from command line, you may not want to open your browser find the issue you have just fixed and log work…
When managing a team’s timesheets, the first priority is to ensure that everyone has filled out their timesheet. Most Jtimesheet…
In our company, we primarily use Macs for web development and rely on AWS for more intensive tasks. Therefore, we don’t need the most…
In the previous article we have showed how to copy Jira project components from one project to another, in this article we will show how to…
Using AtlasCLI for Jira you can copy all of the project components from one project to another one with one liner.
User AtlasCLI for Jira, you can get an overview of some key information for Jira Server/DC. You can pipe output of this command to other…
Python is a very popular programming language especially in data analytics and AI. Although you can use other programming languages like…
Both Tempo and WorklogPRO have their own custom global and project permissions. We are getting a lot of requests from migrating from Tempo…
As Jira evolves within an organization, certain configurations like “Issue Type Screen Schemes”, “Screens”, “Custom Fields” often become…
Sometimes you need to create lots of similar issues using programmatically. Here, we will create periodic Jira issues but you can perform lots of other automation tasks using AtlasCLI for Jira.
As The Starware, we had participated in Atlassian Codegeist before, but this year we won a prize, “Honorable Mentions” in DevOps category.
Let's accept it, they will never be popular in the Atlassian Echosystem. I think a standalone analytics application was a mistake. The…
I assume that, as a developer, you already have Docker installed. Docker container allows you to run commands on various docker images. You…
As software engineers, we are inclined to spend most of our time sitting. Nowadays, it is common knowledge that you should not sit all day…
I bet that you have heard of CVE-2021–44228. Even the Youtubers are making videos about it. The reason for its popularity is, it has…
There can be a lot of ways to set up a new MacBook for development depending on which technologies you are using for development. This…
We got a lot of support request for our Jira add-ons and we request our customers to provide us with the log file. We have noticed that a…
I have been using Github Copilot for a week now and I can say, I’m amazed by its power, really I think it is the best improvement to my…
In Java there are more strict rules and standards about who you organize your code. There is an accepted standard for naming folders…
In the first part we had setup our Lambda development environment with TypeScript and local testing. But there is a problem with it, if you…
Writing a simple template.yaml file for AWS SAM is easy, there are lots of “Hello World” level tutorials on the Internet. But if you try to…
AWS Lambda only supports NodeJS runtime and it can only run JavaScript. As always you need to transpile TypeScript to JavaScript using tsc…
I’ve been using IntelliJ since 2012, I have an active Jetbrains Toolbox subscription for years. I have developed Android/iPhone apps, Jira…
