Comparing Travis CI and Jenkins

Jenkins is a self-contained and open source automation server that is customizable and requires setup and configuration at the organization level. Remember, in the Jenkins CI chapters we spent some time installing Jenkins on Windows, Linux, and macOS. We also had the ability to configure Jenkins however we wanted. While this is great for software companies with dedicated teams in operations, DevOps and more, it is not as great for open source projects where often lone developers are setting up environments for their personal projects.

Travis CI was designed around the principle of open source development and for ease of use. Travis CI can be set up within minutes of creating a project in the GitHub. Although ...

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