Monthly Archives: September 2011

The Atlassian Developers site has a shiny new look, improved tutorials and pretty pictures. Is that Confluence I see before me? Yes, and the shiny new look is thanks to the Zen Foundation theme. The Zen editing experience is a bit different to the standard Confluence themes. Here is a quick start guide. 1. Log in If you don't yet have a username and password, please sign up for the Atlassian Contributor License Agreement. Once you have a username, click the login link and follow the prompts. 2.

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5 Reasons to get JIRA 5 Beta

Atlassian is excited to announce the release of JIRA 5.0 beta available today! JIRA 5.0 aims to make it easier to consume and to develop plugins, and here are five reasons why all JIRA admins and developers should get the beta today! 1. Stable APIs! Making plugins easier to consume and develop means lowering the bar for plugin adoption - making it easier to find, promote, install, and upgrade plugins. Stable APIs make this easier, whether you're a commercial plugin developer and want more customers,

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Christopher Walken once famously proclaimed, "Guess what? I got a fever, and the only prescription, is more cow bell!". Well the only prescription for our development team's fever, is more features. We're excited to announce that our next major release - Team Calendars 1.4 - is available for download now and it's compatible with Confluence 4.0!

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Yes, we Kanban in Munich

Atlassian is on the way to Munich for the first Lean Kanban Central Europe Conference. The event will take place at October 17th and 18th at an absolutely fantastic venue in the middle of Munich: The Münchner Künstlerhaus.What is Kanban? Kanban is a new lightweight approach to evolutionary change in software development, transferring principles from lean manufacturing and the Toyota Production System. Wikipedia describes Kanban as: Kanban is a method for developing products with an emphasis on

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Watch a Recording of Introducing Confluence 4.0

Did you miss this morning's Introducing Confluence 4.0 Webinar? Don't fret - we recorded the whole session for you! Sit back, relax, and watch as Sherif and I walk you through what's new in Confluence 4.0, and answer your frequently asked questions along the way.

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