Atlassian Connector - developers for developers
Abstract
This session demonstrates a young open source project funded by Atlassian - Atlassian IntelliJ Connector. The project aims at integration of the central development tool - IDE - with other tools used by mature software development teams to effectively support practices like continuous integration and code review.
Presentation focuses on usability and synergy effect of such integration.
The session covers currently implemented functionality for IntelliJ IDEA, future plans for IDEA and Eclipse version. It also presents major challenges, both technical and non-technical, associated with the project.
Finally it is demonstrated how the project drives creation and evolution of remote APIs of web based systems.
Speaker
Wojciech Seliga is an experienced software developer with long experience in traditional and agile methodologies. He has been with Java for about 10 years. He worked for huge corporations (Lufthansa, Intel) and smaller companies (Atlassian). Although he holds CMMI, RUP and ISO certificates, he is strong advocate of lightweight agile approach to software development.
Currently he actively develops open source project Atlassian IntelliJ Connector, whose one of the goals it to bring effective code reviews to Java developers. He also runs agile and Java consulting business in the company he co-founded - SPARTEZ.
Marek Went has 14 years of software development experience. His projects history varies from real-time air traffic control systems to SOA solutions in corporate environments. Currently he is a commiter to Atlassian IntelliJ Connector and works on remote interfaces for Atlassian web applications. He is a co-founder of SPARTEZ and its main expert in the integration of heterogenous software systems.
