Hello World Forge App

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  Forge app

Inspiration

As a MERN Stack developer exploring DevOps and cloud platforms, I was excited to dive into Atlassian Forge. The idea of building cloud apps for Jira and Confluence using a modern, serverless framework motivated me to take on the Forge Quest challenge.

What it does

This project is a simple Hello World Forge app created using the confluence-global-page template. It adds a new global page to Confluence and renders a custom UI message — ideal for testing Forge fundamentals.

How we built it

• Installed and configured Node.js and Forge CLI
• Used the Forge create command to generate the app with the Hello World template
• Deployed the app using forge deploy and installed it on my Confluence dev instance
• Verified the app through the Confluence UI and took a screenshot as required

Challenges we ran into

Initially, I wasn’t familiar with how Atlassian Forge CLI worked on Windows. Some Unix-based commands didn’t work as expected, but with some research and Atlassian documentation, I overcame those hurdles quickly.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

• Successfully deployed my first Forge app in Confluence
• Understood the full Forge development lifecycle
• Took my first step toward building productivity-enhancing tools for Atlassian products

What we learned

• Basics of Forge platform, CLI, and app structure
• Deployment workflow for Forge cloud apps
• How to integrate custom apps inside Confluence

What's next for Hello World Forge App

I plan to level up to the Apprentice challenge in Forge Quest, and later build more advanced Forge apps that automate Jira workflows or enhance Confluence collaboration.

Built With

• atlassian-confluence
• forge-cli
• javascript
• node.js
• serverless
• ui-kit