Monthly Archives: August 2010

Atlassian Connector for Visual Studio 1.2 Released

The Atlassian Connector for Visual Studio 1.2 is now available for download. This release focuses on enhancing the Bamboo continuous integration capabilities from within Visual Studio. Bamboo integration features View Bamboo build history - view the last 10 builds of each plan that is being monitored and open up those plans all from inside Visual Studio.See JIRA issues related to Bamboo builds - navigate to JIRA issues related to a build directly from Visual Studio.Re-run failed tests - view test

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Summit 2010 Highlights – Taming Monster Builds

Monster builds and how to tame themAccording to Wikipedia the term software build refers to the process of converting source code files into standalone software artifact(s) that can be run on a computer. Basically, it is the process of turning your source code into working software. Some organizations automate the build process by practicing continuous integration so there is always a stable, working piece of software. The process seems so simple. It may start out that way, but as your software

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Developers universally recognize the benefits of code review includingFewer defectsKnowledge sharingMentoring of new team members Despite the clear benefits, most teams don't do code reviews because they are too time-consuming. In this talk from Atlassian Summit 2010, Brendan Humphreys discusses how teams can incorporate code review into their daily development practices to gain these benefits without investing too much time. It'll come as no surprise that he recommends using code review tools like

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Bamboo continuous integration and Asterisk open source project

Russell Bryant has written a great blog post on how Asterisk, an open source telephony project, is using Atlassian Bamboo for continuous integration and automated testing. In the post you will find links to live examples of how Asterisk is using Bamboo Bamboo setup with automated testing code coverage analysis To read the full blog post please go to Asterisk Open Source - Automated Testing Update. Get Atlassian Tools for your Open Source project Did you know that Atlassian offers free community

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