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Why are none of your priorities being worked on? You have told everyone on the team over and over again what they are. You ask everyone if they are working on the priorities, they assure its their...
View ArticleKeep Your Codebase Maintainable - Introducing Inline Comments in Merge Requests
Code Review is an essential practice for teams that want to have a Maintainable Codebase. Some teams go as far as instituting peer programming, where two developers to work on a single computer on a...
View ArticleNice article on the Death of Beta Testing
The Death of Beta Testing contains a list of useful alternative testing mechanisms that will help you release more frequently. Learn about dogfooding, dark launch, expert-sourcing, etc. It's...
View ArticlePut Down Your Forks - Introducing Protected Branches
Lets talk about forks. They are so awesome for open source. Why?A fork is a natural way to give external contributors a place to workReally, that is the main reason to fork Look at the open source...
View ArticleStory Functionality Enhancement - Now you can drag tickets out of Stories
As many of you know, Assembla is on a journey of self-improvement and one of our priorities is to increase the responsiveness to our customers.So, with no further ado, I am happy to announce that users...
View ArticleDevelop Faster: Set Up Your Git Fork and Merge Network
A Complete Guide to Setting Up and Working with a Git Forked NetworkI have spoken often about the Assembla process that we have been working in and how well it works for us, but how can you get the...
View ArticleLava Walk: Taking a Team Down a Treacherous Road
When I first took on the role of CTO at Assembla, I researched Team Building and came upon the dreaded Corporate Retreat with a lava walk or lava flow exercise. It's a team building exercise, that...
View ArticleAccess Control Lists for Your Subversion Repository
We are happy to announce that we have implemented an Access Control List (ACL) for Subversion directories. ACL workflow allows you to restrict directories so that only certain developers have write...
View ArticleDistributed Continuous Integration - Keep the Mainline Clean
Distributed Continuous IntegrationI recently defined Continuous Integration as the practice of merging development work with a Master/Trunk/Mainline branch constantly so that you can test changes, and...
View ArticleMandatory Code Review for Protected Branches
Assembla Merge Requests adds a great value to code development process. Now it’s time to bring some more automation to the Code Review process. And here comes a new version of Protected Branches for...
View ArticleInstantly enforce code test and quality standards with Protected Branches
Protected Branches and mandatory code review give you a fast way to get your entire team working on test coverage and coding standards.You will need this tool if you are interested in continuous...
View ArticleUsing Estimates? Cumulative Flow Chart is for You
Yesterday, this report showed only a daily cumulative quantity of tickets, we have improved upon it.Do you use estimates on your daily work? - Good news, today you can choose "Ticket Estimate" from the...
View ArticleTeam Management like a Boss
If you want to save time on a distributed team, this post is for you.The best way to manage external teams and resources is the Space Manager Tool. Space Manager Tool is available for all Assembla...
View ArticleServer Side Hooks on a SaaS repository? ✓
Oh BTW, you can have Server Side Hooks in a SaaS Repository.Cloud repository hosts have failed us. The power of hosting your repository locally is the ability to implement Server Side Hooks. These...
View ArticleAnnoyed by Assembla Search? We Have Some News for You
In the past, Assembla search did not work very well. It did not match the search query to the type of searching that people were doing for a specific, recent item. When you’re using Assembla Search...
View ArticleYou've Got Tagged!
Does your ticket sidebar look like an endless groceries list? Are you looking for a way to organize stories and epics? Are you knocking your head trying to find your way through a sea of tickets?...
View ArticleSomething Cool with Hosted Repositories at Assembla is Happening
We announced our latest feature Server Side Hooks the other day. But before we even did that, something very cool happened, we got our first hook submitted by a contributor outside of Assembla. Thanks...
View Article[Upcoming Webinar] Production Monitoring: The Key Step Towards Continuous...
Contiuous Delivery, Continuous Delivery, Continuous DeliveryThat is all people are talking about these days. Well, me too. It's also what all the best development shops are moving to now. Well, me too....
View ArticleLooking for a Git Bug Tracker? Look No More.
Integrated Git issue trackerForget about setting up a Git repository and an issue tracker locally only to have an integrated Git repository with a bug tracking system to run your software project.With...
View ArticleLong Ticket List? Tag with Features, Teams, Clients
If you have more than 30 open tickets, you will need a good way to filter them by feature, team, or client. You should use the new Tag feature.Adding TagsNow, you can enter tags on a Ticket. As you...
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