Plugin Development Tutorials, Videos, and More
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This is a guest post by Mark Waite, who maintains the git plugin, the git client plugin, and is a technical evangelist for CloudBees, Inc. |
While developing the "Intro to Plugin Development" workshop for Jenkins World 2017, I was impressed by the many Jenkins plugin development videos, tutorials, and guides. Here are some of my favorite plugin development topics and links.
Plugin tutorial videos
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Jenkins Online Meetup Plugin Development Part 1 - Basics - Steven Christou and Jesse Glick
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Jenkins Online Meetup Plugin Development Part 2 - Web UI - Daniel Beck and Tom Fennelly
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Writing your third plugin - Justin Ryan
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Jenkins Hackathon session at TNG Technology Consulting - Kohsuke Kawaguchi
Plugin tutorial pages
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Tutorial on jenkins.io
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Install a Java Development kit, for example AdoptOpenJDK 8 or 11
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Install the latest maven release
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Install your IDE (I like Netbeans, has the Jenkins/Stapler plugin to make plugin creation as easy as menu:File[New Project > Maven > Jenkins Plugin])
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More details
Many of the Jenkins plugin development topics have dedicated pages of their own, including user interface, plugin testing, and javadoc.
User interface
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UI samples plugin (bars, boxes, buttons, lists, notification, and syntax highlighting)
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Understanding Jelly Tags from the Jenkins wiki
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Form Validation from the Jenkins wiki
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Jelly Form Controls from the Jenkins wiki
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Jelly Tag Library Reference from jenkins.io
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DataBoundConstructor in Basic Guide to Jelly usage
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DataBoundSetter in google groups
Testing a plugin
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Unit test from the Jenkins wiki
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Jenkins test objects like JenkinsRule and the WithoutJenkins annotation
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DataBoundConstructor in Basic Guide to Jelly usage
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DataBoundSetter in google groups
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Java unit testing tools like Hamcrest and AssertJ (and JenkinsMatchers)
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Java unit testing rules like TemporaryFolder, Timeout, and DisableOnDebug
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Java unit testing classes like Assume and Parameterized
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Java unit testing mock frameworks like mockito and powermock
Custom build steps
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Adding a custom build step
Actions
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Jenkins Action and its subtypes
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Intro to Plugin Development
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Jenkins World in August.
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 | Mark Waite Mark is the Jenkins Documentation Officer, a long-time Jenkins user and contributor, and maintains the git plugin and the git client plugin. He is active in Jenkins special interest groups including the Docs SIG, Platform SIG, and Advocacy SIG. |
