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,...

What better way to kick off the new year, than by returning for an in-person event at one of the most popular open source gatherings of all, FOSDEM! On February 4 & 5, contributors from the Jenkins project and thousands of other open-source enthusiasts traveled from around the world to flock to FOSDEM. Located in Brussels, Belgium, FOSDEM is an opportunity to renew relationships, forge new...

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...

The Jenkins project participated in Google Summer of Code 2022. Congratulations to all participants and we thank all participants for their contributions. Now that the event is over, this page contains an archive of the 2022 specific information. Projects All four projects have been successfully completed in 2022. You can find the project information on the project pages: Plugin Health Scoring System by Dheeraj Singh Jodha Jenkinsfile Runner Action for GitHub...

The goal of this blog is to showcase the work done during the Google Summer of Code 2022 coding phases. For a detailed description of the project, please see the project page. Overview About Project Phase 1 Phase 2 Next Steps Acknowledgments Useful Links About Project Plugin maintenance is an extremely important phase of a plugin’s lifecycle. Jenkins is constantly developing, which raises the need for thousands of plugins to catch up with the latest...

About Pipeline Steps Documentation Generator Improvements is a project under Google Summer of Code 2022, and this project aims to improve the steps documentation generated for Pipeline jobs, which is used by thousands of Pipeline developers worldwide. Some initial parts of the project involved changes to the UI of the website. I spent most of the community bonding period thinking about possible improvements, understanding the code base...

Abstract Jenkinsfile Runner Action for GitHub Actions aims at providing customized environments and useful GitHub Actions for the users. Therefore, users can execute the Jenkins pipeline in the GitHub Actions runners. It enables running Jenkins pipelines in a Function-as-a-Service context. Users can customize their environment by setting up base images, configuring the Jenkins Configuration-as-Code plugin, extending vanilla images or providing initial hooks for the temporary Jenkins controller. Several examples about...