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This year the Jenkins project is interested in participating in Google Summer of Code (GSoC). As in 2016/2017, we are looking for mentors. So yes, we are looking for you :) What is GSoC? GSoC is an annual international program which encourages college-aged students to participate with open source projects during the summer break between classes. Students accepted into the program receive a stipend, paid by Google, to work on well-defined projects to improve or enhance the Jenkins project. In exchange, numerous Jenkins community members volunteer as mentors for students to help integrate them into the open source community and succeed in completing their summer projects. What do mentors get? A student who works full-time in the area of your interest for several months Joint projects with Jenkins experts, lots of fun and ability to study something together Limited-edition of swags from Google and Jenkins project Maybe: Participation in GSoC Mentor Summit and other GSoC events/meetups Conditions Mentors are expected to…​ Be passionate about Jenkins Lead the project in the area of their interest Actively participate in the project during student selection, community bonding and coding phases (March - August) Work in teams of 2+ mentors per 1 each student Dedicate a consistent and significant amount of time, especially during the coding phase ( ~5 hours per week in a team of two mentors) Mentorship does NOT require strong expertise in Jenkins plugin development. The main objective is to guide students and to get them involved into the Jenkins community. GSoC org admins will help to find advisors if a special expertise is needed. Disclaimer: We cannot guarantee that the Jenkins organization gets accepted to GSoC. Even if it gets accepted, we may need to select projects depending on student applications and the number of allocated project slots. Timeline Dec 2017 - started collecting project ideas Jan 17 - Status review at the Jenkins Governance Meeting. Outcome: decision whether we apply to GSoC in 2018. Jan 21 - Application to GSoC (deadline - Jan 23) Feb 12 - List of accepted mentoring organizations published Mar 05 - Deadline for project idea proposals Next - GSoC Timeline How to apply? If you are interested in proposing a project or joining an existing one, please respond to this thread in the Jenkins Developer mailing list. We aggregate/review proposals in this document where you just need to describe the idea and introduce yourself. Please propose new project ideas for discussion until March 05. You can join an existing project at any time, including community bonding and coding periods. Project requirements GSoC is about code (though it may and likely should include some documentation and testing work) Projects should be about Jenkins (plugins, core, infrastructure, integrations, etc.) Projects should be potentially doable by a student in 3-4 months You can find more information about requirements and practices in the GSoC Mentor Guide. Links Jenkins GSoC subproject page Information for mentors Google Summer of Code page GSoC Mentor Guide GSoC Timeline

At Jenkins World last month, we continued the tradition of "lunch-time demos" in the Jenkins project’s booth which we started in 2016. We invited a number of Jenkins contributors to present brief 10-15 minute demos on something they were working on, or considered themselves experts in. Continuing the post-Jenkins World tradition, we also just hosted a "Jenkins Online Meetup" featuring a selection of those lunch-time demos. I would like to thank Alyssa Tong for organizing this online meetup, Liam Newman for acting as the host, and our speakers: Oleg Nenashev Michael Hüttermann Thorsten Scherler Stephen Donner Mark Waite Keith Zantow Below are some links from the sample projects demonstrated and the direct links to each session. Developing Pipeline Libraries Locally Video link If you have ever tried developing Pipeline Libraries, you may have noticed how long it takes to deploy a new version to server to discover just another syntax error. I will show how to edit and test Pipeline libraries locally before committing to the repository (with Configuration-as-Code and Docker). Slides Source Code Demo container Delivery Pipelines with Jenkins Video link Showing off how to set up holistic Delivery Pipelines with the DevOps enabler tool Jenkins. Demo application Pimp my Blue Ocean Video link How to customize Blue Ocean, where I create a custom plugin and extending Blue Ocean with custom theme and custom components. Presentation and demo code Deliver Blue Ocean Components at the Speed of Light Video link Using storybook.js.org for Blue Ocean frontend to speed up the delivery process - validate with PM and designer the UX. Showing how quickly you develop your components. Presentation and demo code Mozilla’s Declarative + Shared Libraries Setup Video link How Mozilla is using Declarative Pipelines and shared libraries together. Google Doc with links Shared Library source code Documentation for the shared library See also the #fx-test IRC channel on irc.mozilla.org Git Tips and Tricks Video link Latest capabilities in the git plugin, like large file support, reference repositories and some reminders of existing tips that can reduce server load, decrease job time, and decrease disc use. Visual Pipeline Creation in Blue Ocean Video link We will show how to use Blue Ocean to build a real-world continuous delivery pipeline using the visual pipeline editor. We will coordinate multiple components of a web application across test and production environments, simulating a modern development and deployment workflow.

On behalf of the GSoC Org Admin team I am happy to announce that we are going to apply to Google Summer of Code (GSoC) again this year. In GSoC high-profile students work in open-source projects for several months under mentorship of organization members. We are looking for mentors and project ideas. So yes, we are looking for you :) Conditions As a mentor, you will be asked to: lead the project in the area of their interest actively participate in the project during student selection, community bonding and coding phases (March - August) work in teams of 2+ mentors per 1 each student dedicate a consistent and significant amount of time, especially during the coding phase ( ~5 hours per week in the team of two mentors) Mentorship does not require strong expertise in Jenkins plugin development. The main objective is to guide students and to get them involved into the Jenkins community. If your mentor team requires any specific expertise, GSoC org admins will do their best in order to find advisors. What do you get? A student, who works within the area of your interest on full-time for several months Joint projects with Jenkins experts, lots of fun and ability to study something together Limited edition of swags from Google and Jenkins project Maybe: Participation in GSoC Mentor Summit in California with expense coverage (depends on project results and per-project quotas) Requirements You are: passionate about Jenkins interested in being a mentor or advisor ready to dedicate time && have no major unavailability periods planned to this summer We expect mentors to be available by email during 75% of working days in the May-August timeframe Your project idea is: about code (though it may and likely should include some documentation and testing work) about Jenkins (plugins, core, infrastructure, etc.) potentially doable by a student in 3-4 months How to apply If you are interested, drop the Email to the Jenkins Developer mailing list with the GSoC2017 prefix. Briefly describe your project idea (a couple of sentences) and required qualifications from students. Examples: GSoC2016, GSoC2017 - current project ideas If you already have a co-mentor(s), please mention them Having several project ideas is fine. Having no specific ideas is also fine. Disclaimer: We cannot guarantee that all projects happen, it depends on student application results and the number of project slots. Links Google Summer of Code page Jenkins GSoC Page GSoC2016 project ideas GSoC2016 page (project results and more info)

Happy Holidays! A special shout out to all JAM leaders who continue to keep local activities going in December. Online JAM December 14 | Live Demos: Pipeline, Git, and Blue Ocean North America December 7 | Seattle JAM: Jenkins at Microsoft December 14 | Los Angeles JAM: Jenkins Days December 14 | Guadalajara JAM: Jenkins & Docker Australia December 14 | Melbourne JAM: Meeting at AWS Office Links Start a JAM in your city if there isn’t one already. Become a JAM member Become an online JAM member Speak or sponsor at a JAM. Contact us at jenkinsci-jam@googlegroups.com Become a Jenkins project contributor

November is packed full of meetups and events. If you are in any of the areas below please stop by to say "Hi" and talk Jenkins over beer. North America November 15 | SF JAM: Let’s Talk CI/CD and DevOps with ClusterHQ and Jenkins November 15 | DC JAM: Jenkins and Fannie Mae November 30 | Albuquerque JAM: Learn About Blue Ocean November 30 | Guadalajara JAM: Jenkins Install and Setup Europe November 10 | Amsterdam JAM: Jenkins and Docker - Multiple Uses for Containers and Jenkins November 10 | Milano JAM: Meet and Greet Australia November 15 | Melbourne JAM: Blue Ocean - A New User Experience Asia November 17 | Singapore JAM: CI Using Source Code on GitHub Links Start a JAM in your city if there isn’t one already. Become a JAM member Become an online JAM member Speak or sponsor at a JAM. Contact us at jenkinsci-jam@googlegroups.com Become a Jenkins project contributor

It is hard to believe that the first half of 2016 is almost over and summer is just around the corner. As usual, there are plenty of educational Jenkins events planned for this month. Below lists what’s happening in your neck of the woods: Online JAM June 14: Plugin Development - Basics North America JAMs June 14: Pipeline in a Windows Environment - Boston, Massachusetts June 15: Open Source Jenkins 2.0, What’s New? - Washington, DC June 22: Continuously Deploying Containers with Jenkins Pipeline to a Docker Swarm Cluster - Seattle, Washington Europe JAM June 14: Jenkins 2.0 - London, United Kingdom June 22: Pipeline As Code - Toulouse, France Links Start a JAM in your city if there isn’t one already. Become a JAM member Become an online JAM member Speak or sponsor at a JAM. Contact us at jenkinsci-jam@googlegroups.com Take advantage of the super-early-bird price to Jenkins World 2016 Become a Jenkins project contributor