Add-ons and integrations for JIRA Cloud have come a long way, but there are still huge opportunities for improvement. JIRA Cloud product manager Dave Meyer will walk through some "Do"s and "Don't"s for making your add-ons simpler, faster, and more beautiful today, plus an insider look at new APIs and integration points that will enable you to take your add-on to the next level in the future. Dave Meyer, Senior Product Manager, Atlassian

1. How to build a better JIRA
Cloud add-on
DAVE MEYER | SENIOR PRODUCT MANAGER | ATLASSIAN | @D_MEYER

3. DETAILED ADD-ON GROWTH CHART

4. 350+
awesome add-ons for JIRA Cloud

5. JIRA ADD-ON DEVELOPMENT
P2 plugin
framework
launches
Atlassian
Marketplace
Atlassian Connect
1.0
JIRA Software, JIRA
Service Desk, and
JIRA Core
Cloud-first
development
Jurassic
Period
2012 2014 2015 Present

6. Cloud-first development

7. CLOUD-FIRST DEVELOPMENT
Our job is to
enable everyone
to build amazing
JIRA experiences

8. Do’s and Don’ts
Cloud-first development
What’s comingWhat’s new

9. Issue fields
Custom fields for Connect add-ons
What’s new
in JIRA
Issue fields
Keyboard
shortcuts
Webhooks
REST API
Requireability
Per-project options
Service Desk customer
portal support

10. Keyboard shortcuts
We have them.
What’s new
in JIRA
Issue fields
Keyboard
shortcuts
Webhooks
REST API

11. Webhooks
Get notified when attachments are
created and deleted
What’s new
in JIRA
Issue fields
Keyboard
shortcuts
Webhooks
REST API
attachment_created
attachment_deleted

12. ACJS functions
More powerful front-end components
for JIRA
What’s new
in JIRA
Issue fields
Keyboard
shortcuts
Webhooks
JS API

13. ACJS
Date picker Dropdowns Create issue
dialog

14. Internationalization
Support your customers in every
language (or at least nine)

15. Your feedback
matters
60 VOTES? WE CAN DO BETTER

16. Do’s and don’ts we learned this year

17. Store data in JIRA with
entity properties
DO

20. "entityType": "issue",
"keyConfigurations": [{
"propertyKey" : “comments",
"extractions" : [{
"objectName" : "commentCount",
"type" : “integer”,
“alias” : “hasComments”
}]
SEARCHING WITH ENTITY PROPERTIES
Your add-on
PUT
Update commentCount index

21. Projects
Searching with entity properties
UsersIssues

23. User and project
property searching
Worklog properties
Attach custom data to
worklogs
New entity property features

24. Filter your webhooks
DO

26. Focus on setup
and getting
started
DO

27. postInstallPage
module

29. "jiraGlobalPermissions": [
{
"description": {
"value": "Custom global permission for my add-on"
},
"anonymousAllowed": false,
"name": {
"value": "My Global Permission"
},
"key": "my-global-permission"
}
]
Global permissions with default groups

30. "jiraGlobalPermissions": [
{
"description": {
"value": "Custom global permission for my add-on"
},
"anonymousAllowed": false,
"defaultUsers": <OPTION> (NONE, ADMIN, ALL),
"name": {
"value": "My Global Permission"
},
"key": "my-global-permission"
}
]
Global permissions with default groups

31. Don’t clash with JIRA
DON’T

32. Automation for JIRA

36. Lucy Denton
Designing Add-ons for Atlassian
Products, the Do’s & Don’ts
9:00 AM tomorrow

38. #1 bug, fixed 🙌

39. Don’t spam users
DON’T

40. Skip email notifications
PUT
https://demo.atlassian.net/rest/api/2/issue/DEMO-1?notifyUsers=false

41. Into the future

42. Issue content
Clear, consistent locations on the issue view
Issue context
Cleaner integrations between JIRA and other apps
Straight from the lab
Move visibility for you

43. Early Preview Warning

53. Issue content
Clear, consistent locations on the issue view
Issue context
Cleaner integrations between JIRA and other apps
Straight from the lab
Move visibility for you

60. Issue content
Clear, consistent locations on the issue view
Issue context
Cleaner integrations between JIRA and other apps
Straight from the lab
Move visibility for you

61. Introducing
The JIRA Cloud Platform Roadmap

63. go.atlassian.com/
jira-cloud-platform-roadmap

64. Thank you!
DAVE MEYER | SENIOR PRODUCT MANAGER | ATLASSIAN | @D_MEYER