Different versions of JIRA

[nzalotti]

I am new to JIRA and following some training from Udemy. It seems the current version of JIRA on the cloud is different from what is being used in most training and YouTube videos

[Dan Breyen · Accepted solution]

I would agree with @Nikola Perisic

Functionality on the cloud is dynamic and as Atlassian makes changes, that can affect the GUI and other functionality.  It would be a nightmare if the videos on YouTube need to be constantly updated as Atlassian is rolling out new functionality every week.

If the training videos are based on the Server/Data Center versions, I would gather they would be more consistant as that code isn't changing constantly.

[Nikola Perisic · Accepted solution]

Hello @nzalotti ,

By versions, do you mean on the features that are being released? Or perhaps the UI? Because, yes, some videos might have a different interface than the one you are using, since the UI is being updated along with the features that are being rolled out.

Do you have a specific issue?

BR,

Nikola

[Nic Brough -Adaptavist-]

Welcome to the Atlassian Community!

This is one of the reasons that I shudder when people ask for a video, or suggest watching one.  They're usually wrong.

Atlassian Cloud applications are, well, Cloud.  I am a cynic, so I can clearly see that any Cloud service provider needs to be seen to provide security first, performance second, base functionality third, and then, most importantly, new features fourth.  

Whilst the first three are important, a Cloud provider does not usually need to spend much time on them because they are solved problems.  Except when they break, then it is "all hands to the pump".

The fourth one is the main thing for this question.  Atlassian Cloud is mostly settled into a 6-ish week release cycle.  New stuff, whether it's a minor bugfix, a revamp of some existing functionality, or a major release, is usually rolled out every 6-ish weeks.  (It's not a "big bang" that affects everyone, they deploy the new versions gradually across the various data-centres, so you can see "Bob in Bahrain sees one thing, Carl in Canada sees the old version" for a few weeks)

This, of course, makes a right mess of a lot of the help systems you might be looking at.

TLDR: if a video of a Jira Cloud task was made over 6 weeks ago, assume it is wrong. 

It might not be, it depends on what has changed, but you do need to check the docs or community to find out if it is still valid.

(The other reason I don't like video tutorials is that they do not teach us to understand, they only teach us to repeat)