Preface

Jenkins provides many interfaces and extension points to enable users to customize and extend its functionality. In this book, we will explore these interfaces in depth and provide practical real-world examples that will take your usage of Jenkins to the next level.

In this book, you will learn how to develop and test your own Jenkins plugin, find out how to set up fully automated build pipelines and development processes, discover how to interact with the API and CLI, and how to enhance the user interface.

What this book covers

Chapter 1, Preparatory Steps, will cover the initial setup steps—getting your development environment set up, an overview of Jenkins and some options to install and run it as well as extend the basic setup. We will ...

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