Introduction to Jenkins and its features

Jenkins is a simple, extensible, and user-friendly open source tool that provides CI services for application development. Jenkins supports SCM tools such as StarTeam, Subversion, CVS, Git, and AccuRev and so on. Jenkins can build Freestyle, Apache Ant, and Apache Maven-based projects.  Let's first understand what continuous integration is. CI is one of the most popular application development practices in recent times. Developers integrate bug fix, new feature development, or innovative functionality in code repository. The CI tool verifies the integration process with an automated build and automated test execution to detect issues with the current source of an application, and provide quick feedback.

Jenkins is a simple, extensible, and user-friendly open source tool that provides CI services for application development. Jenkins supports SCM tools such as StarTeam, Subversion, CVS, Git, and AccuRev and so on. Jenkins can build Freestyle, Apache Ant, and Apache Maven-based projects.
The concept of plugins makes Jenkins more attractive, easy to learn, and easy to use. There are various categories of plugins available such as Source code management, Slave launchers and controllers, Build triggers, Build tools, Build notifies, Build reports, other post-build actions, External site/tool integrations, UI plugins, Authentication and user management, Android development, iOS development, .NET development, Ruby development, Library plugins, and so on.
Jenkins defines interfaces or abstract classes that model a facet of a build system. Interfaces or abstract classes define an agreement on what needs to be implemented; Jenkins uses plugins to extend those implementations.

Features:

Jenkins is one of the most popular CI servers in the market. The reasons for its popularity are as follows:

Ø  Easy upgrades—Jenkins has very speedy release cycles.

Ø  Simple and easy-to-use user interface.

Ø  Easily extensible with the use of third-party plugins—over 400 plugins.

Ø  Easy to configure the setup environment in the user interface. It is also possible to customize the user interface based on likings.

Ø  The master slave architecture supports distributed builds to reduce loads on the CI server.

Ø  Jenkins is available with test harness built around JUnit; test results are available in graphical and tabular forms.

Ø  Build scheduling based on the cron expression.

Ø  Shell and Windows command execution in prebuild steps.

Ø  Notification support related to the build status

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