Jenkins is an open source automation server written in Java. With the very active community-based support and a huge number of plugins, it is the most popular tool to implement the Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery processes. Formerly known as Hudson, it was renamed after Oracle bought Hudson and decided to develop it as the proprietary software. Jenkins remained under the MIT license and is highly valued for its simplicity, flexibility, and versatility.
Jenkins outstands other Continuous Integration tools and is the most widely used software of its kind. That is all possible because of its features and capabilities.
Let's walk through the most interesting parts of the Jenkins' characteristics.
- Language agnostic: Jenkins has a lot of plugins, which support most of the programming languages and frameworks. Moreover, since it can use any...