Jenkins
is a software that allows continuous integration. Jenkins will be
installed on a server where the central build will take place. The following
flowchart demonstrates a very simple workflow of how Jenkins works.
Along
with Jenkins, sometimes, one might also see the association of Hudson.
Hudson is a very popular open-source Java-based continuous integration tool
developed by Sun Microsystems which was later acquired by Oracle. After the
acquisition of Sun by Oracle, a fork was created from the Hudson source code,
which brought about the introduction of Jenkins.
What is Continuous
Integration?
Continuous
Integration is a development practice that requires developers to integrate
code into a shared repository at regular intervals. This concept was meant to
remove the problem of finding later occurrence of issues in the build
lifecycle. Continuous integration requires the developers to have frequent
builds. The common practice is that whenever a code commit occurs, a build
should be triggered.
