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Ok, let's try something different. Useful technical/business thread for #web #makers from me.

🔌 How to build @atlassian Jira App (in #React) and business around it and why you should actually think of it!

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@Atlassian 2/12 We started @testomatio (test management system for #qa) as a classical #SaaS app but at some point, we built a Jira plugin as a complimentary interface.

The feedback from clients surprised us. Some clients preferred to use @testomatio only via Jira plugin

Why? 👇

3/12 Jira is still the source of truth for many companies in the world. And if you want to win small & big you should adjust to business needs. And business works primarily on Jira.

One unobvious conclusion:

Business doesn't want to have another app or even leave Jira

4/12 Even if your service targets one IT department, the decision to purchase it is taken by business tops & managers, non-tech people usually. To see the value of your app they want to have it integrated in current business processes and this is impossible in a side-app

5/12 For instance, @testomatio attaches test cases to Jira issues so everyone could see how the exact issue is covered with tests.

We started with read-only interface for our main app but turned it into fully functional interface for the main product.

6/12 But let's get to technical details!

To me @atlassian #Jira never looked sexy. But Jira Cloud Platform (their API) is.

developer.atlassian.com/cloud/jira/pla…

You can build a #React app with provided components that can be easily embedded into the main Jira app.

@Atlassian 7/12 You start with a basic #frontend app with comprehensive set of #react components built by @atlassian. We paired them with @tailwindcss and this worked awesomely!

Follow the design patterns listed there to build consistent #ui.

8/12 Actually, only that frontend app is needed to start!

Jira can be your server app and the main database. You can read and write data into Jira itself via REST API. So a backend is not required o start a business at all

9/12 That sucks! As we already built an amazing backend 😀

To sell our main app (well, that was the point) we decided to use Jira database as read-only. So anyone in a team could access their testcases but to edit them they should have @testomatio account

How it works now:

10/12 Schema on previous tweet looks complicated.

So ask yourself again, does your #startup actually need a standalone app to start a business?

Maybe you can go with just a Jira app. In the end you will still need it if you plan to go #B2B

11/12 💡 If you like building things with #react you can start coding your next idea today!

Take some time to interview Jira users for their pains, find your niche. Enterprises want more customizations, detailed processes reports, etc

Help them building by something awesome! 🚀

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I didn't make all technical details I wanted to. If you like this thread I write another one on #frontend architecture and things we learned building #Jira apps

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🌟My greatest gratitude to @KM_Koushik_ who helped us building our Jira app

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