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Table of Contents
Extending Jenkins
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewer
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Preface
What this book covers
What you need for this book
Who this book is for
Conventions
Reader feedback
Customer support
Downloading the example code
Errata
Piracy
Questions
1. Preparatory Steps
Getting started with Jenkins
Extending the basic setup
Jenkins evolution
Continuous Integration with Jenkins
Summary
2. Automating the Jenkins UI
Use case scenario 1 – a large number of jobs
Use case scenario 2 – multiple hosts
Use case scenario 3 – helping your users through UI automation
Use case scenario 4 – UI tweaks
Summary
3. Jenkins and the IDE
Eclipse and Mylyn
Installing Mylyn
Mylyn and Jenkins configurations
IntelliJ IDEA and Jenkins build connectors
NetBeans
Summary
4. The API and the CLI
Creating an Information Radiator with the Jenkins XML API
Getting the information from Jenkins
Automating the job
Radiating the information
Jenkins as a web server – the userContent directory
The Jenkins CLI
How to set it up
How to use it
Triggering remote jobs via the CLI
Updating Jenkins configuration
Summary
5. Extension Points
A brief history of Jenkins plugins
Interfaces
Abstract classes
Abstraction and interfaces
Singletons
Declaring an extension in Jenkins
Summary
6. Developing Your Own Jenkins Plugin
An introduction to Maven
Installing Maven
Summary
7. Extending Jenkins Plugins
Where to start?
Looking at the list of existing plugins
A new build type required
Loading and building our starting point
The Builder class and Stapler
Jelly and Jenkins
Help
Properties files and Messages
The POM file
Plugin progress
Summary
8. Testing and Debugging Jenkins Plugins
Running tests with Maven
Debugging Jenkins
Server debugging – a quick recap
Debugging with IntelliJ
Debugging with Eclipse
mvnDebug
The Jenkins Logger Console
Summary
9. Putting Things Together
The Jenkins script console and Groovy
Groovy and Gradle as alternatives
Jenkins and Docker
Docker in Jenkins
Jenkins in Docker
Jenkins and Android
Jenkins and iOS
Keeping your Jenkins version and plugins up to date
Summary
Index
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First published: December 2015
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Author
Donald Simpson
Reviewer
Tony Sweets
Commissioning Editor
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Acquisition Editor
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Content Development Editor
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Technical Editor
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Copy Editor
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Donald Simpson is an information technology consultant based in Scotland, UK.
He specializes in helping organizations improve the quality and reduce the cost of software development through the adoption of process automation and Agile methodologies.
Starting out as a Java developer, Donald's interest in application servers, networking, and automation led him to a career as a build engineer. He remains highly technical and hands-on and enjoys learning about new technologies and finding ways to automate and improve manual processes.
He can be reached at www.donaldsimpson.co.uk.
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Tony Sweets has over 20 years of experience in software development, with most of it in Java and Java-based technologies. Known as the "Tools" guy before there was any concept of DevOps, he also has a passion for setting up and managing hardware and networks. Introduced to Agile development very early on, he has set up and maintained his company's continuous integration system that ranges from Cruise Control to Hudson, and now Jenkins. He is currently a software architect in the payments field and has been working in financial services for over 17 years.
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