What Is Atlassian Forge?
Forge is Atlassian’s serverless app development platform, designed for building secure, reliable, and scalable apps. It is Atlassian’s preferred platform for building cloud apps for Jira, Confluence and Jira Service Management. Forge was designed to revolutionize and simplify the process of development, customization, extension, and integration of Atlassian cloud products.
Forge opens doors to a new era of app development within the Atlassian Cloud environment. As businesses increasingly turn to the cloud for their collaboration needs, Forge provides developers with the tools to craft dynamic, scalable, and secure apps that enhance the functionality of Atlassian products.
You can build a fully-functional app in a few hours while the platform takes care of hosting, multiple development environments, and API authentication built-in. Custom applications, integrations, and apps sold through the Atlassian Marketplace can all be created using Forge.
Atlassian provides complete hosting for Forge apps. They automatically set up your development, staging, and production environments when you build a Forge app. You can write a single function and it will run as such greatly reducing the amount of code required to create and run an app. Forge was made to make running your app simpler and more secure, as well as to save you time and running costs. So all you have to focus on is building your app and let Atlassian do the rest.
Key Features and Components
1. Serverless Architecture: Forge adopts a serverless architecture, freeing developers from managing servers, infrastructure, and scaling concerns. This enables a laser focus on app functionality and user experience.
2. Development Framework: Forge offers a rich development framework with a growing set of APIs and UI components, simplifying the creation of cloud-native apps for Atlassian products.
3. Security and Compliance: Forge prioritizes security with Atlassian’s robust security infrastructure, ensuring that apps adhere to best practices and comply with industry standards.
4. Deployment and Hosting: Apps built with Forge are automatically hosted and managed within the Atlassian Cloud, eliminating the need for separate hosting arrangements.
5. Seamless Integration: Forge apps seamlessly integrate with various Atlassian products, enabling users to enhance their experience and workflows.
6. Scalability: The serverless nature of Forge ensures that apps can scale effortlessly based on demand, without developers needing to worry about infrastructure constraints.
7. User Experience: With UI components tailored for consistent user experiences across Atlassian products, Forge apps seamlessly blend into the existing interface.
Advantages To Forge
1. Enhanced Customization: Forge enables organizations to tailor Atlassian products to their exact needs, enhancing workflows, and improving productivity.
2. Accelerated Innovation: Developers can rapidly build and iterate apps within the cloud environment, driving innovation and responsiveness to evolving business requirements.
3. Elevated User Experiences: Forge apps seamlessly integrate with the familiar Atlassian interfaces, offering users a cohesive experience that enhances their productivity.
4. Effortless Scaling: The serverless architecture ensures apps can scale without complex configurations, aligning with the growth of businesses.
Atlassian Forge provides a gateway for developers to craft dynamic, cloud-native apps that seamlessly extend Atlassian’s suite of products. From enhancing team collaboration to optimizing project management, Atlassian Forge can help you create that custom app to realize your ideas.
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