Re: Tips please.

I'm afraid we can't help but point you at the documentation again.  That's a lot of very generalised questions and the development documents are long and complex because the answers are long and complex.

Here's some summaries to get you started 

>What language should I know? 
For plugins, java

>What software do I need? 
# A Java development kit (JDK)
# The Atlassian plugin development kit
# An editor for writing Java.  (You could use vi, nano, notepad, but you'll find an IDE is a better idea.  I've worked mostly with IDEA and Eclipse, but there's plenty of others available)

>How do I make the interface? 
The general outline of a Jira plugin is
# There's a header file called atlassian-plugin.xml that ties everything together, it tells Jira where to find "resources", which include the following
# Some .vm files which are processed while running, generating html for the user and provide places to talk to your java
# Java files do the actual work
# Other resources such as javascript, webwork, properties, images and so on

Most plugins I've written are java and .vm files only.  A couple are just one or the other (listeners are just java, some simple fields are just .vm)
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