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Extending Jenkins

By : Donald Simpson
Book Image

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

Chapter 7. Extending Jenkins Plugins

For Jenkins plugin development so far, we have looked at the following:

  • The approach to take—reuse where possible, avoiding unnecessary duplication

  • Collaborating—how both the process and the community work

  • Design methodologies and Java patterns used

  • Setting up the development environment and build tools

  • Developing the first simple plugin

  • Deploying and testing our plugins locally and remotely

We will now take a look at the ways to help you sort out that missing middle part from the previous chapter and implement the code that enables your plugin to do what it does… whatever that may be!

The intention here is to walk you through the development of your own plugin and demonstrate the ways in which you can (and should) approach the (re)use of the resources that are already out there.

This means that when you come up with an idea for your own plugin and want to develop it, you will be able to do so as quickly and easily as possible by following best practices and by...