Redmine Plugin Extension and Development

This book provides a thorough look at the tools available within Redmine to facilitate the development of plugins and extensions. Full of tips and tricks, a recurring case study is also used to help guide you through the various content area extensions and plugin helpers and to provide context and realworld examples of the concepts being covered. This book is intended for those who want to build custom functionality into the Redmine project management platform. If you’re already comfortable with Ruby, Rails, and Redmine, but you aren’t quite sure what to do next, this book will walk you through the basics of getting a plugin written and integrated into various key areas of Redmine.

Author Biography

Alex Bevilacqua is an advocate for open standards, as well as a passionate and enthusiastic open source developer with over 10 years of experience. He is skilled in Ruby, Python, C#, Flash, Flex, JavaScript, and others.

He is the author of a number of Redmine extensions and plugins; two of the most popular being the Redmine Knowledgebase and the Redmine Dropbox Attachments plugin.

He currently works for a leading digital marketing company in Toronto where he works on process automation, data collection, and aggregation initiatives. His personal blog can be found at http://www.alexbevi.com.