Books by Matthew B. Doar

If you're familiar with JIRA for issue tracking, bug tracking, and other uses, you know it can sometimes be tricky to set up and manage. In this concise book, software toolsmith Matt Doar clarifies some of the more confusing aspects by answering difficult and frequently asked questions about JIRA administration.Practical JIRA Administration shows you how JIRA is intended to be used, making it an ideal supplement to the extensive documentation already available. The books chapters are loosely connected, so you can go straight to the information that best serves your needs.Understand the difference between JIRA groups and JIRA project rolesDiscover what JIRA schemes do, and learn how to maintain themUse a consistent configuration approach to help you use JIRA as a platformCreate a workflow from scratchAdd, modify, and deactivate usersPrepare for a JIRA upgrade, and troubleshoot if necessaryGet remote access to JIRA via email, SQL, REST, and other methods

One advantage of using JIRA for issue tracking, bug tracking, or project management is the ability to extend this tool with hundreds of plugins from the JIRA community. In this concise book, software toolsmith Matt Doarthe author of Practical JIRA Administrationshows you how to create and maintain your own JIRA plugins to meet the specific needs of a project.This book uses detailed examples to clarify some of the more confusing aspects of JIRA plugins, and serves as an ideal supplement to the extensive documentation already available.Use JIRAs Plugin SDK, and learn several aspects common to all pluginsCreate your own custom field type, using a JIRA pluginDelve into advanced aspects of custom field plugins, and discover how searching for values in custom fields worksCreate JIRA plugins to use with workflows, and learn about conditions, validators, and post-functionsStore data using the PropertySet interface and the Active Objects pluginUpgrade a plugin and upload it to Atlassian Plugin Exchange (PAC)

Aimed at those, wanting a good technical environment for developing their software, this book contains guidelines telling, how to create and maintain a development environment. It discusses some of the tools, covering different areas, such as version control, build tools, testing tools, bug tracking systems, release tools, maintenance and others.