Jira Add-on made in .NET

Question

Hi guys,

I am working on a Jira reporting tool, taylored for the projects we have in my department - partially for the sake of fun and experience. I am thinking of implementing the tool as a Jira Add-on, rather than just running it as a console application, which I am doing now. However I am working in C#.NET and AFAIK, Jira Add-ons need to be made in Java?

If it turns out that it is not possible to create Jira Add-ons in .NET, I am thinking of making my tool a ASP.NET MVC website instead, and then run it separately from a webserver. What are your thoughts on this?

Shannon S · Answer

Ronnie,

It would likely then need to be in Java, but have a look through the documentation there and feel free to reach out if you have any questions on the community!

Shannon

Ronnie Poulsen · Answer

Hi @Shannon S,

What I meant was that the main criteria for making the add-on able to "Install with the Jira instance", and thereby making it available to all users of the Jira instance, is building it in Java.

The problem is not calling the Jira API, but rather integrating a .NET program with the Jira instance like add-ons from the Atlassian marketplace and also being able to sell on the marketplace.

I didn't know there was a separate developers community so thank you. I will look into that.

Shannon S · Answer

Hi Ronnie,

The main language you'd need is indeed Java, but I suppose that if you wrote a .NET add-on that would connect to the Jira API, that would work too.

Have you been to our Developer site? You'll find a bit more information there, as well as our Developer resources that may be more helpful to you including a Developer Community.

Regards,

Shannon