I can some up my experiences with Atlassian jira plugin development in five points. These are listed below in order you may encountered them or in order you may realize them
1. Setting up SDK with eclipse can get painful
2. Maven is pain in ass at times
3. Documentation is good
4. Tutorials are far & few and no elaborate examples available
5. Examples for modules types added in JIRA 4.0 missing
I would elaborate on these points some other day, stay tuned for more updates on days to come.
PS: Those days might not come
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I fully agree. I am currently trying to get myself into plugin development and especially 4. is what makes it really hard for beginners to start.
Hi Vishwajeet,
I am a newbie starting with Jira Plugin Development but the Jira documentation is not providing me sufficient information. Can you elaborate these 5 steps which might be helpful for me. Any good hints would be highly appreciated too.
Thanks,
Pawan Jajara
Hi Pawan,
Thanks for stopping by, I am not sure if I can elaborate the 5 steps on the blog as I am out of time these days, but I am more than willing to answer any specific question you might have, kindly drop me a line on dextrous85[at]gmail[.com] and than we can take forward from there.
Cheers,
Vishwajeet