We are thrilled to announce that Jenkins has been accepted to Google Summer of Code 2023! This will be Jenkins' seventh year as a mentoring organization. Congratulations to all 172 accepted open-source organizations! As a mentoring organization for the past six years, Jenkins has mentored 31 GSoC students by 85+ different mentors, bringing together over 107 strangers for a common idea - Jenkins! At the heart of it,...

In a couple of days, the Jenkins GSoC 2023 preparation will culminate with our official Organization Application. It is now time to shed some light on what is coming next. Since December 2022, we have actively prepared the Jenkins project for the 2023 edition of Google Summer of Code (GSoC). This entailed collecting and discussing project ideas, setting up a mentoring team, and giving advice on how...

'Tis the season of gift giving and what better way than to give the gift of mentorship. Jenkins is a big supporter and contributor of programs like Google Summer of Code (GSoC), She Code Africa, and Outreachy. We believe in the value and advancements in helping new, and in many cases under-represented contributors to the open source. There is also a special 'je ne sais quoi' that...

We are happy to see a lot of questions on how to prepare efficiently to submit a powerful project submission. This is key to be selected and participate in the coming Google Summer of Code (GSoC). This blog post is addressed to those who ask these questions. First of all, welcome to the Jenkins Community! Thank you for your interest in Jenkins in general and for GSoC 2023...

Google Summer of Code (GSoC) is a global, online mentoring program focused on introducing students and new contributors to open source software development. GSoC contributors work on a 10-22 weeks programming project with the guidance of mentors from their open source organization. During GSoC, participating contributors are paired with mentors from open source organizations, gaining exposure to real-world software development techniques. GSoC contributors will learn from experienced...

Create iOS Unity build pipelines on AWS with Jenkins and EC2 Mac instances Every mobile game, whether it is a multiplayer or standalone game, must build binaries. Developers of high budget, high profile AAA and AA games tend to lean towards managing a build farm, whereas independent developers (indies) may rely on local or third-party solutions. Managing compute infrastructure is a time consuming and ongoing task for many companies and...

We wanted to share the agenda to the Contributor Summit in Orlando, Florida - as it stands at the moment. Entry fee: No cost to attend. Sign up via the sign up sheet (room capacity: 30). Event is in person only. Location: Orlando World Center Marriott: 8701 World Center Dr, Orlando, FL 32821 (Room: Magnolia 19) Key dates: Sept 27 - Contributor Summit @ 9AM - 5PM Sept 28 & 29 -...

Announcing a DevOps World 2022 talk about moving Jenkins to a New Frontier of Performance with Java 11.

We'll be giving a talk on the history of the Jenkins user interface, where we stand today, and a look into the future of where we plan to take Jenkins.

For the first time in three years, the Jenkins community and Jenkins users will be united at DevOps World 2022 on September 27-29, 2022 in beautiful Orlando, Florida. (It really is a magical place.) Following Jenkins' recent move to Java 11 and significant security advisories for plugin users, the Jenkins community has the opportunity to come together to discuss Jenkins success stories, what’s to come...