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Extending Jenkins

By : Donald Simpson
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Extending Jenkins

By: Donald Simpson

Overview of this book

Jenkins CI is the leading open source continuous integration server. It is written in Java and has a wealth of plugins to support the building and testing of virtually any project. Jenkins supports multiple Software Configuration Management tools such as Git, Subversion, and Mercurial. This book explores and explains the many extension points and customizations that Jenkins offers its users, and teaches you how to develop your own Jenkins extensions and plugins. First, you will learn how to adapt Jenkins and leverage its abilities to empower DevOps, Continuous Integration, Continuous Deployment, and Agile projects. Next, you will find out how to reduce the cost of modern software development, increase the quality of deliveries, and thereby reduce the time to market. We will also teach you how to create your own custom plugins using Extension points. Finally, we will show you how to combine everything you learned over the course of the book into one real-world scenario.
Table of Contents (16 chapters)
Extending Jenkins
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Jenkins and iOS


Your Jenkins setup and scope can also be extended to build iOS projects in a very similar way to the preceding steps for Android. The general idea is the same; install and configure an SDK (XCode for iOS), add the required Jenkins plugin, build and deploy the application on an emulator, run the tests against it, and record the outcome.

However, one important distinction for iOS builds is that you need an OS X host to run it on. This host can be set up as a Jenkins slave node though, with your iOS-based Jenkins jobs set to run on that node only.

The host will need a local installation of XCode, which is available here:

https://developer.apple.com/xcode/download/

Or it is available from within the Apple App Store.

This Jenkins page covers the installation and setup process in detail:

https://wiki.jenkins-ci.org/display/JENKINS/Xcode+Plugin

And here are a few additional links for further information on iOS and Jenkins: