JMWE add-on specific tutorials

Pre-requisites

Before starting this tutorial you should have basic knowledge of

• Concepts in Groovy
• Context of Groovy in the JMWE add-on

Objective

By the end of this tutorial:

• You will have a local Jira Server test instance with workflow extensions having Groovy scripts.  Note that the end product is not a complete functional workflow.
• You will have a good understanding of how to use Groovy in the JMWE add-on.

About the tutorial

This tutorial guides you through the following chapters:

• Preparing your test environment — This page guides you through setting up a test Jira Server environment that you will be using throughout the rest of this tutorial. 
• Writing your first Groovy script — This tutorial will guide you through writing your first Groovy script. 
• Tutorial on safe access to a field — When you access the field of an issue, you might need to verify that it is not null before calling a method on the value of the field. This tutorial will guide you through writing Groovy scripts that access the fields of an issue avoiding exceptions due to a null value. 
• Tutorial on looping over collections — This tutorial will guide you through writing Groovy scripts that loop over collections.
• Tutorial on using Closures — This tutorial will guide you through writing Groovy scripts using Closures.
• Tutorial on performing an action based on the value of a field — This tutorial will guide you through writing Groovy scripts that access a field of an issue, compare it with another value, and perform an action based on the outcome.