Chapter 10. Extending Confluence

Not every feature might be available in Confluence out of the box or as add-ons in the marketplace. Confluence is very extendable with custom plugins, and if you are a developer, you can even create your own plugin using the Atlassian Software Development Kit (SDK).

By the end of this chapter, you will have learned about:

  • Setting up your development environment
  • Using the Atlassian Plugin SDK
  • The different extensions points
  • How to release your plugin

If you are not a developer yourself, this chapter will probably be difficult to read, but it could give you an insight into what is possible with extending Confluence.

The Atlassian Plugin SDK

Atlassian provides plugin developers with a Software Development Kit (SDK). By using ...

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