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Mastering Redmine

By : Andriy Lesyuk
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Mastering Redmine

By: Andriy Lesyuk

Overview of this book

<p>Redmine is well-known as one of the best open source project management applications. But, it's also one of the best project hosting and issue tracking solutions. In addition it incorporates Wiki, repository management, forums, time tracking, and more. This book reveals the power of Redmine and manifests its exceptional flexibility and customizability.<br /><br />Mastering Redmine is a comprehensive guide which covers a wide variety of topics: from configuration to writing simple plugins, from issue reporting to managing issue lifecycles, from writing simple Wiki pages to designing rich web content using the Wiki syntax, from quick installation to&nbsp; deep customization, and more.<br /><br />This book resembles a learning tutorial. It imitates the self-learning process so that you first understand the basics before we dig deeper into the advanced concepts.<br /><br />You will first read about possible setups. Then, you will choose an appropriate setup to install and configure. The book runs through the main features of Redmine and shows how it can be effectively used as project management, issue and time tracking solution. Once you are familiar with all the essential features of Redmine, you will start exploring advanced concepts such as integration with other applications, customizing Redmine, and using various Redmine plugins.<br /><br />This book will help you master Redmine by unleashing it's core functionality .</p>

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Mastering Redmine
Andriy Lesyuk
Jan, 2013 | 366 pages
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Table of Contents (18 chapters)
Mastering Redmine
Mastering Redmine
Credits
Credits
About the Author
About the Author
About the Reviewers
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Preface
Free Chapter
1
Getting Familiar with Redmine
Getting Familiar with Redmine
What is Redmine?
Walk through the Redmine interface
MySQL, PostgreSQL, or SQLite
Textile or Markdown?
Selecting a Source Control Management (SCM)
Selecting a web server and an application server
Redmine or ChiliProject?
Recent versions of Redmine and ChiliProject
Helping Redmine
Summary
2
Installing Redmine
Installing Redmine
Preface
Installing Redmine from the package
Installing Redmine from sources
Using TurnKey Redmine appliance
Using BitNami Redmine stack
Maintaining Redmine
Summary
3
Configuring Redmine
Configuring Redmine
The first thing to fix
Administration settings
Troubleshooting
Summary
4
Issue Tracking
Issue Tracking
Creating an issue
Issue page
Issue list
Updating issue
Getting updates on issues
Issue related settings
Summary
5
Managing Projects
Managing Projects
Modules
Global configuration
Creating a project
Basic project tabs
Configuring projects
Closing a project
Project maintenance best practices
Project list
Administrating projects
Summary
6
Time Tracking
Time Tracking
Using Redmine time tracking
Defining activity
Tracking time
Checking spent time
Generating reports
7
Text Formatting
Text Formatting
Formatting text in Redmine
Wiki formatting syntax
Quick syntax reference
Summary
8
Access Control and Workflow
Access Control and Workflow
Roles
Permissions report
Trackers
Issue statuses
Workflow
Modifying workflow
Practical example
Summary
9
Personalization
Personalization
Automatic account creation
Gravatar
Personal page
Getting updates
Personalizing issue lists
Summary
10
Plugins and Themes
Plugins and Themes
Looking up plugins
Installing a plugin
Plugins review
Themes
Summary
11
Customizing Redmine
Customizing Redmine
Custom fields
Customizing with Textile
Customizing themes
Customizing with plugins
Summary
Index
Index

About the Reviewers

Ludovic Gasc is a senior software integration engineer at Eyepea, a highly renowned Open Source VoIP and Unified Communications company in Europe.

Over five years, Ludovic Gasc has managed more than a hundred projects using Redmine in a number of different fields (telephony, webapp development, education) and for a wide variety of purposes (support, coaching, development and so on).

He is also the author of one Redmine plugin and has published several patches.

Lester Martin's 20 year career showcases his accomplishments as a software development manager, architect, and programmer. His skills and experience are centered on Java, .NET, and e-commerce/web technologies. A self-described player/coach, he enjoys helping others grow in their software development careers while continuing to learn himself. He holds Sun Certified Java Programmer and Enterprise Architect credentials.

Mykhaylo Sorochan, PhD, has wide experience in Information Technologies ranging from software development to project management. He started from working on C++ console applications for Unix and now develops web applications in Ruby with Ruby on Rails framework. Besides professional interests in computer aided software engineering, domain specific languages, metaprogramming, and software transformation, his personal interests include such as science fiction, psychology, cycling, reading, and continuous acquiring of new knowledge. Currently holds a project manager position at the Sphere Consulting, Inc. – www.sphereinc.com. In his free time, he supports Russian-speaking Redmine community – www.redprojects.net.

Giovanni Toraldo started to mess around with Linux and free software during his early years at school, developing hobbyist websites with free CMS and maintaining the official Italian support site of PHP-Fusion. After a few unsatisfactory years at university, he decided to start working as a System Administrator and Web Developer. Nowadays, he has developed skills in Linux systems administration, and has taken part in development teams actively using Redmine for years. He is also the author of the OpenNebula book released in mid-2012.

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