Creating a skeleton plugin

In this recipe we will look at creating a skeleton plugin. We will use the Atlassian Plugin SDK to create the skeleton.

Getting ready

Make sure you have the Atlassian Plugin SDK installed.

How to do it...

  1. Open a command window and go to the folder where you want to create the plugin.
  2. Type atlas-create-jira-plugin and press Enter.
  3. Enter the groupID when prompted. groupID would normally be coming from your organization name and mostly resembles the Java package. Of course, you can enter a different package name as we move forward if you want to keep it separate. groupID will be used to identify your plugin along with artifactID.

    For example: com.jtricks.demo

  4. Enter the artifactId. The identifier for this artifact. Do not use spaces ...

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