Atlassian Bitbucket

Access control that moderates access to your source code

Workflow control that strengthens teams' workflow

In-line commenting for collaboration on code review

Full development traceability is enabled through Jira integration

Three Bitbucket hosting options

Bitbucket comes in three hosting options with different advantages; Bitbucket cloud, Bitbucket server, and Bitbucket data centre.

Bitbucket Cloud

 It is hosted on Atlassian’s servers with access through a URL. It enables you to build, test, and deploy directly from Bitbucket with exclusive built-in continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) tools and pipelines. If your team is smaller than 5, opt for Bitbucket cloud.

Bitbucket server

 It is hosted in your environment, on-premise, and does not come with built-in tools for testing and deployment. However, robust integrations with Bamboo are available, a powerful CI/CD tool that enables complete automation of your build processes. And the license is perpetual, meaning a one-time purchase will ensure a never-ending license. A Bitbucket server is recommended for big teams.

Bitbucket Data centre

 It is hosted on a cluster of multiple servers in your environment, although it may look like a single instance of Bitbucket server to users. It provides source code collaboration and can be self-managed, which allows professional teams to achieve high availability and performance at scale. And it also enables smart mirroring that can enhance Git clone speeds for teams with large repositories. Most importantly, its project-based layout makes admins apply permissions and rules across repositories more easily.

Why choose Bitbucket?

There are many reasons why Bitbucket is always sought-after by developers. Let’s have a look at its four main benefits.

Its user interface is simple and practical

Bitbucket interface is known to be simple to use as its repositories, pull requests, usernames, and other features of the tools can be easily searched within the platform. Additionally, its in-line discussion can be added within the code snippet as comments and threaded conversations, which improves the interactions between reviewers and developers. Built-in issue tracker also makes things simpler as tracking down the status of the bugs, new tasks assigned, and new requests from the client or the team become easier.

Its code review system is fast and enhances the quality of code

The code review system in Bitbucket has a code-first interface, and it helps the developers to review the pull request quickly. Multiple reviewers can be assigned to make contributions. Also, its commit-level review system with a one-page view (with no tabs and context switching) makes monitoring the updated code easier for users. Uncomplicated code reviews and features allow you to spot and fix bugs before the deployment, and as a result, you will be able to enhance the ship quality code. And merge with confidence.

Powerful Trello and Jira can be easily integrated

Trello can be integrated into Bitbucket, which can be used easily, even by non-developers. Jira is one of the best tools to track bugs within the code, enabling users to spot the issue or bug without leaving the current tool. Built-in Jira UI in Bitbucket reduces context switching, and when your issues are included in commits, it gets automatically updated by Jira issue statuses. And Jira automation automatically changes approval processes and resolves incidents faster with Bitbucket and Jira Service Management. Also, Jira Automation's assessment engine can score the risk of a change based on factors like the affected services. Changes can be auto-approved and deployed if the risk is scored low, whereas if the risk score is high, it will require additional approvals. Therefore, you can reduce risk and achieve speed delivery. According to Atlassian, teams that integrate Jira into Bitbucket release versions 14% more often and minimise time-to-approve by 21%.

Total traceability in one place

Bitbucket’s approach to change management gives IT ops complete insight into changes deployed in Jira Service management. This makes it easier for development and operations teams to collaborate, and they can spend more time coding than having a meeting or emailing each other to coordinate changes in a different platform. This is because Jira Service Management offers a view of open changes and their risk level and status so that the teams can gain full context about a change with a few clicks.

Bitbucket is one of many tools of Atlassian Open DevOps

Atlassian open DevOps allows a development experience on Jira to feel like an all-in-one with various toolchains. It is built around Jira Software, Bitbucket, Opsgenie, and Confluence. And with its open and readily customisable approach, teams can freely choose the tools they want to work with, such as GitHub or Gitlab. This “you build it, you run it” feature allows teams to have everything they need in one place, enhancing the efficiency and velocity of the work processes. Also, tool integration based on the team’s needs and workflow automation on Jira software will allow teams to adopt the optimal way of working instead of settling for “good enough” tooling.

Conclusion

With Atlassian open DevOps and Bitbucket’s different hosting and integration options, you will get a thousand different answers if you ask a thousand development teams about the tools they adopt to deliver software. Every team and every project is unique, and tools evolve rapidly. Atlassian’s products reflect this characteristic and empower software teams to work how they want, with the choice of their preferred tools, without sacrificing coordination. Therefore, to amplify the success with Atlassian, it’s all about how you make use of the diverse toolchain. But, you may be lost as there are many ways to integrate different tools and methods to collaborate with your teams. That’s where Catapult CX comes in. We are an accredited Atlassian solution partner, and we are trusted to deliver optimal Atlassian support services on behalf of Atlassian. So, whenever you are stuck developing your Bitbucket or confused whilst working in Atlassian open DevOps, we will always be there for you to solve your problems. If you want to know more about our Atlassian support services, read this page. Or, if you would like to discuss starting or optimising your Atlassian journey to empower your team, contact us today.