How suitable is JIRA Studio for .NET development? [closed]

Question

My previous employer was a Java shop. We used JIRA Studio -- JIRA, Subversion, and other integrated tools, hosted by Atlassian -- and we were very happy with it.

My current employer is a .NET shop. What experiences (if any) do you have using JIRA Studio for .NET development? My concern is that certain parts of JIRA Studio may not work for .NET, such as FishEye online source code browsing.

Answer 1

Although Atlassian's applications are written in Java, you should have no issues using them in a .NET shop. The only concern that comes to mind is, should you ever want to write plug-ins, they would need to be written in Java. However, if you are using the hosted version (i.e. JIRA Studio) this may not be a consideration.

Tools like FishEye and Crucible will integrate with several popular source control systems (Subversion, Git, Perforce, Clearcase), so it just depends on whether your employer is using one of those systems or something else (Team Foundation Server, Visual SourceSafe, etc.) One thing to check if whether using the hosted version requires you to use their hosted install of Subversion as well. If so, it becomes more of an "all or nothing" decision.

In my case, we bought local install versions of all the Atlassian products and were able to use them seamlessly across Java, .NET, and Python development. For what it's worth, our team loved these tools and felt they were well worth the cost in terms of gained productivity.

Answer 2

If you are interested in specifics, Atlassian provided the following answers to my questions:

What features of the JIRA Studio — Subversion, JIRA, GreenHopper, Confluence, Bamboo, FishEye, Crucible — might have compatibility issues for .NET developers who work in C#, Visual Basic and ASP.NET?

The only Studio application that has known issues for .NET developers is Bamboo. Builds in Studio run in the Amazon EC2 and the default machine image we provide is RHEL. It is possible to create a custom Windows elastic image, but Amazon only supports Windows 2003 and 2008 at this time. It is also possible to use a standalone Bamboo instance with Studio, but this requires a separate Bamboo license.

How well does the Atlassian Connector for Visual Studio work with JIRA Studio?

It works normally, but currently only supports JIRA and Bamboo.

What have your customers said about using JIRA Studio for .NET development?

The majority of the feedback I've gotten from .NET developers is in regard to the Bamboo stuff mentioned in answer 1. All of the other apps are language agnostic (JIRA +GH, Confluence) or have .NET support built-in (FishEye, Crucible).