Introduction To Jenkins (Continuous Integration Tool)

In this post i would like to give some information what ever i know about Jenkins.

Frequently asked questions :

What is Jenkins?
What is Continuous Integration?
How to set up Jenkins?
Jenkins is it only for Developers or can testers also use it?
I am a Automation tester how can i use Jenkins?
What benefits / advantages i will get after using Jenkins?

In this article i am going to answer all the above questions...

What is Jenkins?

A simple answer every body gives to this questions is .... Jenkins is a Continuous Integration tool.

Jenkins is an open source tool to perform continuous integration. The basic functionality of Jenkins is to execute a predefined list of steps based on a certain trigger.

You can get more information about Jenkins here ...

About Jenkins

What is Continuous Integration? (CI)
CI is nothing but running your tests (unit tests /automation tests) automatically every time someone pushes new code into the source repository.

Ex:
If you are an automation tester and when you push some code to your source repository (SVN, GIT etc..) then your automation test cases will run automatically (if you configure like that) and will give you results. It gives you fast feed back about your test suite.

The fast feedback is important so you always know right after you broke the build . What you did that failed and how to revert it.

What benefits / advantages i will get after using Jenkins?
There are many advantages
1. When it is run automatically on every push then it is always pretty obvious what and who introduced the problem
2. Solves problems quickly
3. Automation of deployment.
4. Automated testing and Code control
5. Enables better project Visibility

Jenkins is it only for Developers or can testers also use it?

Jenkins is not only for developer even automation tester also can use Jenkins to test their automation scripts after each commit made by a team member or they can schedule their automation jobs to run daily at specific time.

How to set up Jenkins?

Here is the link to Create Jenkins:

Selenium-integration-with-jenkins.html

I am a Automation tester how can i use Jenkins?

Coming soon...