Before diving into development, please review the Contribution Guidelines to ensure a seamless collaboration experience.

Starting the Development Process

To kickstart your development journey, follow these steps:

1. Familiarize yourself with the Contribution Guidelines.
2. If you're planning to develop a new module, create a detailed issue and await approval from Shridhar TL.
3. Assign the relevant GitHub issue to yourself and maintain its status.
4. Create a new branch from the 'develop' branch and include informative commit comments.
5. Regularly sync your branch with 'develop' to facilitate merging later.

Cloning and Preparing Jira Assistant Sources

Refer Code Setup document to setup and run Jira Assistant locally.

Creating a Free Cloud Instance for Development

For easy development, use Jira's Cloud version, free for up to 5 users. You can also join Shridhar TL's shared development instance by reaching out to shridhar.tl@gmail.com. Sharing this instance enhances development by leveraging a large dataset. To learn more or set up your instance:

• To create a new account: http://go.atlassian.com/about-cloud-dev-instance
• To know more about this free instance: https://blog.developer.atlassian.com/cloud-ecosystem-dev-env/

Setting Up a Local Jira Instance (30 Days Trial)

If you prefer local testing, Docker makes it straightforward. Run the following command to set up a Docker container with Jira:

Note: This command will download around 1GB of data for container setup.

For subsequent development sessions, simply start the existing container with:

Access your personal Jira instance by opening http://localhost:9090 in your browser and following the setup instructions.