Check out Review Board’s new Version 2.5 on Bitnami!

Software engineers and managers the world over know the importance of having code review built into every step of the production process, and thousands of savvy developers at companies like Amazon and LinkedIn make that happen with Review Board. This popular web-based code review app removes the friction from checking each other’s code with features like side-by-side diffs and commenting for pre- and post-review commits. It enables dev teams to ship the highest quality software possible in the least amount of time, while learning from each other along the way!

Now, Review Board just got better with the announcement of their new version 2.5! With this latest release, the Review Board team makes even greater productivity possible with increased extensibility and improvements to mobile support and collaboration that were requested by their users. They also gave the visual design a great facelift!

Here’s a rundown of key improvements:

• Mobile support: Important reviews don’t only happen between the hours of 9 and 5. Review Board 2.5 is mobile-friendly, so developers can contribute to important/urgent review even while they are not sitting at their desks
• Expandable diff fragments: Instantly see more context for a comment - one click expands the diff right in the review.

• Auto-versioning and diffing of file attachments, including images: Review Board will automatically track changes to file attachments. Simply upload your files, and everyone can see the changes side-by-side and comment on them like just like in the diff viewer.

• Mute and Archive for review requests: You can now archive old review requests and mute any that don’t require your attention, allowing you to remove the clutter from your inbox and focus on what really matters.

• Live HD Thumbnails: To view more of a large image, all you have to do is hover over the thumbnail.

• API tokens: Third-party tools/services and custom scripts can now securely log in as a Review Board user. No need to give out passwords, and the access can be tightly restricted. This paves the way for future integrations with third-party automated code review services and tools.

• Webhooks: Review Board 2.5 can notify other services like collaboration and CI tools of events. Now when you post or update a review request, it will already be in a format these tools understand.

Review Board 2.5 is available now in Bitnami! Enjoy a more seamless code review process in just a few clicks by deploying Review Board in the cloud, as a virtual machine, or with a local installer. You can even launch a one-hour demo in the cloud, absolutely free!

Evaluate your business with ReportServer - now available on Bitnami

We are excited to welcome ReportServer, an open source business intelligence (OSBI) platform and the newest addition to the Bitnami Library! This versatile business intelligence suite provides a unified interface to reporting agents from different providers, making it easy for managers to collate, analyze, and take action from multiple touchpoints.

ReportServer is an ideal tool for business decision makers, analysts and consultants with it’s comprehensive administrative features and full scripting capabilities. Integration and support for Jasper, Birt, Crystal Reports, Mondrian and Excel also make using ReportServer a versatile option for existing infrastructures.

ReportServer is also highly flexible and customizable to suit your needs. Customize reports by selecting from a variety of parameters such as text-boxes, radio buttons, popups, and more.

More key features of ReportServer include:

• Support for interactive, multi-dimensional analytics with OLAP and Mondrian.
• Support for multiple output formats, including Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, PDF and XML.
• Unlimited, freely-configurable dashboards per user.
• Fine-grained access control with groups, ACLs, user variables and SSO.
• Extensible via Groovy scripting.
• Enterprise-ready and 100% open source.

Launch a demo of ReportServer with just one click!

Or you can start using ReportServer right away with our Bitnami ReportServer installers,Virtual Machine images (VMs), and cloud images.

Moodle 2.8.0 released

Moodle, the popular Open Source e-learning platform, released their version 2.8.0 a couple of days ago. We are glad to announce that this version is already available in Bitnami.

You can find the complete list of new features in the official release notes and you can also take a look at the screenshots.

Bitnami Moodle is available as native installers (available for Linux, Windows and Mac OS), virtual machines and cloud images for Amazon EC2, Azure and Google Cloud Platform.

How to host WordPress in Azure

The Bitnami WordPress stack is one of our most popular pre-configured application packages. Given how malleable and easy-to-use as a blogging platform or CMS, it's no wonder the world has flocked to WordPress. Now, hosting it in Azure has never been easier. Sign up for an Azure account, then visit the Bitnami Launchpad for Azure and select WordPress. In minutes, WordPress will be set up.

Microsoft Azure is an ideal hosting provider that will allow you to run a website for as low as $6/month, then seamlessly grow as your usage grows. Try a free 1-hour Azure demo today to see just how easy it is. When you're ready to try Azure hosting – including all the management and reporting tools available to you – get $200 free credit from Microsoft to try Azure for a month.