Jenkins

Learn how to automate your build, integration, release and deployment process with Jenkins, the popular Java-based open source tool that has revolutionized the way teams think about continuous integration (CI). This concise guide shows you how to seamlessly include Jenkins in the development process—and demonstrates how CI can save you time, money, and many headaches.

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Learn how to automate your build, integration, release and deployment process with Jenkins, the popular Java-based open source tool that has revolutionized the way teams think about continuous integration (CI). This concise guide shows you how to seamlessly include Jenkins in the development process—and demonstrates how CI can save you time, money, and many headaches.

Ideal whether you're a developer, software architect, or project manager, Jenkins: The Definitive Guide provides a tutorial on CI as well as a comprehensive reference for using Jenkins. You get a wealth of best practices and real-world tips to help you get the most out of this tool. And you’ll quickly discover how Jenkins' intuitive user interface and powerful features make setting up a CI service a real breeze.

Get a complete tour of Jenkins, and learn how to install and configure this tool

Set up, organize, and monitor your build jobs

Learn about advanced build job configuration, including build pipelines, parameterized build jobs, and matrix builds

Automate tests and code quality metrics

Put in place effective team notification strategies and techniques

Secure your Jenkins server

Automate your deployment process

Use Jenkins for distributed builds, and implement CI on large projects

Become familiar with Jenkins plugins—and learn how to write your own

Use Jenkins with other programming languages, including Groovy, Grails and .NET

John is a freelance consultant specializing in Enterprise Java, Web Development, and Open Source technologies, currently based in Wellington, New Zealand. Well known in the Java community for his many published articles, John helps organizations optimize their Java development processes and infrastructures and provides training and mentoring in open source technologies, SDLC to...

John is a freelance consultant specializing in Enterprise Java, Web Development, and Open Source technologies, currently based in Wellington, New Zealand. Well known in the Java community for his many published articles, John helps organizations optimize their Java development processes and infrastructures and provides training and mentoring in open source technologies, SDLC tools, and agile development processes. John is principal consultant at Wakaleo Consulting http://www.wakaleo.com/ (http://www.wakaleo.com), a company that provides consulting, training and mentoring services in Enterprise Java and Agile Development.