Jenkins: Continuous Integration for Agile Development

• Knowledge of software development process.
• Experience or interest in the software build process and continuous integration.

Audience

• Build engineers
• Software developers involved in agile development
• QA engineers
• Project managers
• Release managers

Jenkins is an open-source continuous integration tool written in Java. It is a server-based system that runs in a servlet container such as Apache Tomcat. Jenkins supports a number of Software Configuration Management (SCM) tools, including CVS, Subversion, Git, Perforce, and Clearcase, among others. It is highly scriptable and provides support for Apache Ant, Apache Maven, shell scripts, and Windows batch commands.

This instructor-led, live training covers the concepts, tools and techniques needed to carry out continuous integration of your software projects in an Agile environment. Participants carry out a series of hands-on exercises throughout the course to apply their knowledge in real situations. Interaction among instructor and participants is encouraged. Real-world cases are discussed and specific issues and questions are addressed and resolved in class.

Format of the Course

• Part lecture, part discussion, heavy hands-on practice

Introduction to Jenkins

• Why continuous integration?
• Distributing builds across different systems.

Setting up Jenkins

Installing Jenkins Plugins

Building with Jenkins

Testing with Jenkins

Deploying with Jenkins

Automating with Jenkins

Securing Jenkins

Best Practices for Jenkins

Reporting in Jenkins

Summary and Conclusion