Thanks all for the feedback. Good information! Now a few comments on where I am today:
Jira 5.0 does have some nice REST API features that I'm working with. Not sure it has everything I need but it seems that previous versions are a little light on REST support. Currently stuck in the cloud and trying to figure out how to get to a version 5.0 sooner. JIRA was not exactly my choice - it was given to me as an Enterprisy solution. I'm also not using it as an Agile development tool at all. I'm using it as the basis for a Customer Service software platform. Not sure that it's the best option in the world, but it is the option on my plate today. I am interested to hear of any others people have experience with - I'm all for "better". I think there is a lot that needs to be extended to meet my needs. I just hope I can get there with this set of tools. On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 8:57 AM, Robert Walker <li...@ruby-forum.com> wrote: > Tom Allison wrote in post #1049289: > > So my next question is -- does anyone use JIRA API with Ruby/Rails and > > if > > so -- how? > > I'm guessing, not very many. I attend the Ruby user's group whenever I > can. I've not seen or heard of anyone using JIRA with Rails. Most prefer > a more "agile" project management tool such as PivotalTracker, > Lighthouse or similar. Each of these have REST based APIs and are often > integrated with Rails. > > > I'm really surprised at the complete lack of mention in the last 2 years > > and am wondering if I made a mistake picking Jira up as a potential > > solution for my business. > > I'm not surprised about this. JIRA is an "Enterprisy" project management > tool. While Ruby on Rails is perhaps gaining some ground in the > enterprise space it's not something necessarily driven by the core > Rubyists. > > Rails is well known to be an "opinionated" framework. And SOAP lost that > battle years ago to REST. So I'm not surprised to see little mention, or > support, of a SOAP based API no matter what's sitting on the other side > of it. > > I'm not saying that your choice of JIRA was a mistake. I've not > evaluated the software, mostly because my first glance at it didn't > appeal me. And, finding out now that its API is based on SOAP just > lowered my interest even further. > > I did evaluate a lot of project management/tracking solutions and found > only one that I was actually happy with, which is PivotalTracker. That's > not to say it's the solution for everyone though. > > As for helping you with your soap4r/JIRA integration problem. I'm not > surprised your having trouble, but I have no idea how to help you with > that. I do wish you luck in fining a solution. > > -- > Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. > To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
