how do i create a gadget

[Damian Kiesling]

how do i develop a gadget? there is current some functionality that i'd really like to have on my dashboard but doesn't currently exist. is there a way where i could code my own gadget?

[Jobin Kuruvilla [Adaptavist]]

There is some introductory tutorial here: http://www.j-tricks.com/tutorials/writing-jira4-gadgets

Same should work in the later versions too.