• Title Jenkins: The Definitive Guide: Continuous Integration for the Masses
• Author(s) John Ferguson Smart
• Publisher: O'Reilly Media (July 22, 2011); eBook (Creative Commons Licensed)
• License(s): CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 US
• Paperback: 404 pages
• eBook: PDF (417 pages), ePub, Kindle, Daisy, etc.
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1449305350
• ISBN-13: 978-1449305352
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Book Description

This book teaches you how to automate your build, integration, release and deployment process with Jenkins, the popular Java-based open source tool that has revolutionized the way teams think about continuous integration (CI). This concise guide shows you how to seamlessly include Jenkins in the development process and demonstrates how CI can save you time, money, and many headaches.

Whether you're a developer, software architect, or project manager, this provides a tutorial on continuous integration (CI) as well as a comprehensive reference for using Jenkins. You get a wealth of best practices and real-world tips to help you get the most out of this tool. And you'll quickly discover how Jenkins' intuitive user interface and powerful features make setting up a CI service a real breeze.

• Learn how to install, configure, and secure your Jenkins server
• Organize and monitor general-purpose build jobs
• Integrate automated tests to verify builds, and set up code quality reporting
• Establish effective team notification strategies and techniques
• Configure build pipelines, parameterized jobs, matrix builds, and other advanced jobs
• Manage a farm of Jenkins servers to run distributed builds
• Implement automated deployment and continuous delivery

Jenkins: The Definitive Guide is an open source book, and is freely available online and in PDF form.

• John Ferguson Smart, director of Wakaleo Consulting, helps organizations optimize their Java development practices and infrastructure. He provides training and mentoring in agile development and testing practices such as Continuous Integration, Test Driven Development, Build Automation, and Continuous Deployment.

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