Atlassian Releases Crucible 2 - Introducing Iterative Code Review

SAN FRANCISCO--(Business Wire)--
Atlassian has announced the release of Crucible 2, its lightweight peer code
review tool, which introduces iterative code review along with a host of other
usability improvements. Crucible is a code review tool that allows software
development teams to establish an effective, distributed process for conducting
one of the key components of successful agile.

Since code review is typically an iterative process -- you code, someone else
comments, you code again, more comments.. etc. -- Crucible 2 allows you to
easily incorporate code revisions into the review process. Simple navigation
let's you step through code changes and/or comments, tracking what has been read
and reviewed, letting you easily compare any number of revisions along the way.
Crucible's goal is to make the code review process as easy as email; ideally,
something you do for about 10-15 minutes everyday. For developers using JIRA,
integrating Crucible into your issue tracking provides further insight into the
status and quality of your development tasks.

As Atlassian CEO, Mike Cannon-Brookes, explains, "For code review to be
effective, it has to be something so easy that developers don't feel distracted
by the process. Adding iterative reviews and tight JIRA integration to Crucible
2 has been awesome for us since it fits with our daily routines."

What's new in Crucible 2:

* Iterative reviews - Code reviews are inherently iterative. Crucible 2
incorporates new revisions into a review eliminating the need to manually link
multiple reviews.

* Revision slider - Use new revision slider to view diffs of any two versions of
a file with annotated source and in-line comments.

* Tracking where you have been - As you review code changes and comments,
Crucible automatically marks them as read or reviewed.

* Suggested reviewers - Creating reviews is even easier since Crucible suggests
potential reviewers to you based on code the revision history of the changed
files and the current workload of available reviewers.

* Keyboard shortcuts - Complete reviews in no time using keyboard shortcuts to
step through changes and comments one by one.

* JIRA integration - Crucible suggests related JIRA issues for one-click
linking, and new defects can be added as subtasks just as easily. Completing
reviews will automatically resolve and close the issue subtasks without having
to switch context.

* FishEye integration - Leverage FishEye's repository browser and search
capabilities to add files to a review. Dive into revision histories and view
code reviews as part of your activity stream.

* Eclipse and IntelliJ IDEA integration - With Atlassian IDE Connectors for both
Eclipse and IntelliJ IDEA, you can complete code reviews without ever leaving
your workbench.

For more information, or for a free evaluation, please visit:
http://www.atlassian.com

About Atlassian

Atlassian develops affordable, lightweight software that helps enterprises
collaborate better. Its products include Confluence, recognized as the most
widely-used enterprise wiki, and JIRA, one of the world's most popular issue
trackers for IT project management. The company has more than 15,000 customers
worldwide, including 30 of the world's top 50 corporations. For more
information, visit: http://www.atlassian.com

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