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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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Mark Waite
Mark is a long-time Jenkins user and contributor. He maintains the git plugin and the git client plugin and is active in Jenkins special interest groups. |