Recently, you may have noticed some intermittent problems with https://maven.atlassian.com, Atlassian's public maven server.  This server provides all the Java libraries and resources needed by developers to create add-ons and build the source distributions for Atlassian products. The intermittent problems on the server resulted in several instances of unscheduled downtime and may have prevented some developers from using our Plugin SDK successfully. This post is to let you know what we have discovered

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Stash: pull requests from the command line

Are you using Stash and getting tired of pushing your changes and navigating to Stash's web UI simply to create a pull request? Wish you could do all of this through one simple git command? Wait no more! Introducing the Stash Command Line Tools! Why? Context switching impacts development speeds. I often feel this as I want to throw some code up for review, but don't need the hassle of launching a browser window to open Stash to execute a menial task which can be easily automated. Installation This

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Webhooks are available in JIRA 5.2 - full details in Unlock the Power of Search with JIRA 5.2. OnDemand customers have already been upgraded. In this article we will explore how a customer service team can resolve requests faster by updating customers of issue progress using SMS. This customer service team uses JIRA and GreenHopper to manage all customer requests, and with the introduction of Webhooks in JIRA 5.2 they have extended their workflow to integrate with a third-party SMS service. Why

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Clover Goes Mobile!

The Android market is rapidly increasing, being one of the most popular platforms, not only for customers, but also as a platform for developers to create their apps. Just few numbers: Google Play just hit 25 billion downloads in total (15 billion downloads in the last year) over 670,000 applications available on Google Play over 100'000 registered developers on Google Play over 500 million activations of Android devices, 1.3 million being added every day Taking into account this rapidly

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What happens when you add a shiny new browser to a stack of already-disagreeing citizens?  You'll inevitably find some bugs.  This is the story of how we found a rendering quirk and how the Atlassian frontend team found and refined the fix. The Problem The Atlassian User Interface (AUI) library has just finished an IE10 sprint to get our library prepped and ready for the newest member of the browser family.  While IE10 seems generally quite good, we found a couple of problems due to IE10

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AtlasCamp 2012 now on DVD and Blu-ray!

Seems just like yesterday when we all got together to enjoy a beer (or many, among other things) over a lovely campfire at AtlasCamp, Atlassian's Annual Add-on Developer Conference Camp. Actually, it's been a while... a month to be exact. "Why did it take you so long to write-up a post-AtlasCamp update?" you ask? Because that's how long it took us to get the videos ready for your viewing pleasure. Yes, AtlasCamp was awesome. I hope you think so too. Mike and Scott (our founders) are both very

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