I bet on Mr Jenkins for any CI work
January 06, 2017
I bet on Mr Jenkins for any CI work
Score 10 out of 10
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Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with Jenkins
[It is being used to] automate deployments while verifying code quality. Several jenkins jobs were defined to cover individual deployment to environments. Jenkins' pipeline makes the process more user-friendly. Jenkins supported several different software technologies from node to Java. We frequently utilise the wide variety of hooks jenkins can handle, and automatically trigger a build once the source code has changed.
Pros
- jenkins pipeline: useful to visualise the dependent job hierarchy and easy to start/stop each step manually
- Source code management (SCM): supports different types of repositories from SVN to Git and you can set different triggers after each code change.
- Plugins: jenkins can work well with lots of plugins, for instance it can render test results or run scheduled scripts seamlessly. Artifacts can be easily deployed with docker.
Cons
- UI might need a bit of improvement. I can point to material design, it' sso easy to visualise on a smart phone as well.
- Too much configuration on one page, I suggest separating out the config sections in a cleaner manner.
- Mainly just positive for instance thanks to the easy setup and install process. Easy to understand configurations and migrate to a newer version.
- The only part that needs to be improved is the UI which is far beyond the recent admin dashboard style material designs.
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