When you develop software solutions, code quality and security are of top importance, and can often define your success or failure. Some teams may require a specialist constantly checking software for bugs and issues, especially when the project is large and unrevealed bugs can have costly consequences. For small development teams or early project development stages, developers may try to work without a quality assurance engineer and test everything themselves.

You can create a Jira GitHub integration through Git Integration for Jira. This tool will allow you to use smart commits, create branches and pull requests on your GitHub repositories directly from Jira, index repositories with webhooks, and more! Developed by Atlassian in 2002, Jira is a project management tool that aims to help software development teams effectively track their projects.

We are proud to introduce the world to the most recent release of GitLens. We have added richer GitLab integration, Gerrit support, the ability to reorder your commits when making an interactive rebase, and more. We can’t wait for you to read all about what’s new in GitLens 12.1!

We know that everyone’s code story may be a little different, but speedier repos are something everyone can get behind. No matter where your developer adventures take you, it is important to keep all your code, configuration, and media assets together, and never leave a file behind. That is why we have been working on a lot of performance improvements for Git LFS users and have added Bitbucket Workspace support for Bitbucket Server users!

For businesses and organizations that offer any sort of digital experience, code quality and security is of cardinal importance. As such, the architecture of that code – how it is stored, accessed, and built upon – is critically important. In this age of digital transformation, if you’re standing still, you’re moving backward.