Automatically create a JIRA ticket from a Template - jira

I need to create a form/template that has all the required fields and that will auto generate a Jira ticket. Is it possible to do something like this in Jira/Confluence?

I think your question would be better suited at an atlassian community forum rather than stackoverflow, as similar questions have been asked over there e.g. here and here.
However, to answer your question, I did a quick search and I think this plugin might be your answer if you have a confluence server instance: Issue Forms for Confluence

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SLA on JIRA Cloud?

Is it possible to add SLA (Service Level Agreement) on JIRA Cloud?
I want to add SLA to each ticket right now I don't find any option on Jira cloud. So I'm looking for add/plugin. I did some research but I don't find any add-ons related to Jira Cloud. Some plugins are available but those plugins cannot support Jira cloud.
I stuck here it would be nice if someone suggests any ideas.
Thanks
If you're using Jira Service Desk, they have built in SLAs.
I suppose that you've already found the answer, as this question is quite old. But maybe someone else will look for the solution like this.
So, the answer is yes. You can install plugins for Jira (you can easily find them on Atlassian Marketplace). Among the plugins I would recommend trying is SLA Time and Report for Jira. This add-on can be used for Jira Cloud, Jira Core, Jira Service Management. And it has wide functionality and is easy-to-use. You can find it here.
Hope this will be helpful for someone :)

Creating a library application - which method to use?

I was hoping to get some advice. I want to create an application which is like a library that holds a lot of different information including documents, pics etc where a user can log in and search for different topics and see the definition of terminology. For example users would be able to click on the word 'electical current' and a definition of electrical current would appear with also links to supporting information. The user will not be allowed to edit any information only read it.
I am wondering what is the best language to use to do this? I know that storing all the information in a html file is definitely not the way to go. But I am not sure what to use - whether html linked to a database is a good option (I've heard that this is also not great because your database code is still accessible) or whether ror is a good option. I decided that ror would be a good framework to use but I still have some doubts such as:
the application will not be hosted on the internet but only on an intranet would ror still be good for this?
the 'site' is basically static except for a few users who will have admin access although it may have more user specific functions later on.
Any advice would be great. Thanks in advance.
It seems to me that a wiki type system would be fit for your purposes. You can create one without writing any code by using a free service such as Google Sites.
I agree with #Finbarr that your problem statement sounds like it could be solved by a wiki.
I suggest mediawiki since it is open source--you can add to it or change the core software if necessary.
Or any other opensource wiki could be used. See wikipedia article
Re: which language: your problem statement is pretty broad. From what you've told us, any language would do.
Best advice: find the open source wiki that most closely meets your needs and then learn the language that it was developed in. Usually that's php or perl. But you can also find Ruby on Rails wikis such as Instiki
Added: Welcome to Stack Overflow. Note that your question is quite broad. So it may get closed for not being specific enough. Stack Overflow is aimed at answering specific questions about software programming. See the faq.

forum system for rails

I need to integrate a forum into my web site, is there any forum system ready to be integrate or it will be better to build a new one from scratch?
Thanks
Altered Beast :)
https://github.com/courtenay/altered_beast/
Or if you'd like something less obstrusive
The goal of Forum Monster, is to provide a simple, and easy to setup forum application without having to dictate how your site it setup.
https://github.com/gitt/forum_monster
Via Forum solution for Rails 3 and Devise?

Jira Conventions and Best-Practices

I have been using Jira since 6months but haven;t been through any document related to various options available and how to use them for maximum output.
There must be some conventions that help in better tracking of the issue.
For instance, Logging work, Linking issues, creating sub-tasks.
It would be of help if you can share some of the features (and the conventions) that you follow while using Jira. It may vary from team-to-team but there must be some generic rules which can be followed.
Any feedback would be of help. Thanks.
Some of our conventions for using JIRA:
Each project has its own JIRA project.
We use the Greenhopper plugin for Scrum planning.
There is no development without a JIRA issue assigned. If needed, Developer add issues on their own.
Commits contain the JIRA ID (for FishEye integration).
Language of JIRA comments.
When working on an issue, it's state is changed to "in progress"
Findings, Problems, Things Done are documented as comments.
Related answer here.

Best Solution For Authentication in Ruby on Rails [closed]

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I'm looking for a pre-built solution I can use in my RoR application. I'm ideally looking for something similar to the ASP.NET Forms authentication that provides email validation, sign-up controls, and allows users to reset their passwords. Oh yeah, and easily allows me to pull the user that is currently logged into the application.
I've started to look into the already written pieces, but I've found it to be really confusing. I've looked at LoginGenerator, RestfulAuthentication, SaltedLoginGenerator, but there doesn't seem to be one place that has great tutorials or provide a comparison of them. If there's a site I just haven't discovered yet, or if there is a de-facto standard that most people use, I'd appreciate the helping hand.
AuthLogic appears to be the new kid on the block and seems to be the next evolution of restful_authentication, easier to use, etc
http://github.com/binarylogic/authlogic/tree/master
Edit: now that Rails 3 is out, Devise seems to be the new, new kid on the block
https://github.com/plataformatec/devise
or I have been rolling my own authentication now with the has_secure_password built in to Rails http://railscasts.com/episodes/250-authentication-from-scratch-revised
Side note: Ruby Toolbox is a great site for finding the current best solution in various categories (based on the number of GitHub watchers):
http://ruby-toolbox.com/categories/rails_authentication.html
I would really recommend Restful Authentication. I think it's pretty much the de-facto standard.
For a really simple solution go with Clearance.
If you are looking for more options Devise is a great solution. It uses Warden which is a rack based authentication system.
There's also RestfulOpenIDAuthentication if you want OpenID support in addition to password support.
Just a note, LoginGenerator and SaltedLoginGenerator have been superseded by Restful Authentication and are unsupported on newer Rails releases -- dont waste any time on them, though they were great at the time.
I'd also like to point out an excellent tutorial/discussion on extending the core functionality of Restful Authentication, in case you're looking for something a bit more robust.
I'm really liking thoughtbot's clearance. Very simple and has a few good hooks and is testable.
AuthLogic seems to be what you want for this. It's very configurable, and although it doesn't generate the code for you, it's quite easy to use. For email validation and password recovery you probably want to use the :perishable_token column. AuthLogic takes care of it, you only need to reset it when it's used. For information on how to set up a basic app, you can take a look at Ryan Bates' Railscast on AuthLogic, and the "official" example app. Ben Johnson, the creator of AuthLogic has also written a blog post on how to RESTfully reset passwords.
Unfortunately I can't post more than one link, but the links to the railscast, the password reset blog post and the example app are all in the README (see the AuthLogic repo for the README)
Update: Now I can post more links, so I linked some more. Thank you marinatime for adding the link in the meanwhile
restful_authentication is a powerful tool which is very flexible and provides most of what you are looking for out of the box. However, a couple of caveats:
Don't think in terms of 'controls'. In Rails the Model, View and Controller are much more independent than in 'Webforms-style' ASP.NET. Work out what you want from each layer independently, write tests/specs to match and make sure each layer is doing what you expect.
Even if you are using a plugin there is no substitute for reading (at least some) of the code generated. If you have a big-picture idea of what is going on under the hood, you will find debugging and customising much easier.
The plugin restful_authentication and other plugins that extend it, answer your needs perfectly. A quick search on github.com will reveal a lot of tutorials, examples, and extensitons. Just go here:
- http://github.com/search?q=restful_authentication
There are several projects that use restful_authentication just to provide examples of a bare-bones Rails app with just the authentication parts.
http://github.com/fudgestudios/bort -- A base rails app featuring: RESTful Authentication
http://github.com/mrflip/restful_authentication_example -- Another project with a great examlpe of how to use restful_authentication
http://github.com/activefx/restful_authentication_tutorial -- Same as above, with some other plugins bundled.
http://railscasts.com/episodes/67-restful-authentication -- a great screencast explaining restful_authentication
This information should be enough to get you started finding heads and tails ... good luck.
Just updating this: Ryan Bates' Railscast #250 shows building an authentication system from scratch....
Another vote for Clearance - perhaps not as customisable or as 'in' as authlogic, but in terms of just being able to drop it in place and go, it's definitely worth having a look at.

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