What Is Jenkins

Part of the Jenkins course

Open the careers page of almost any bank, telecom, hospital IT department, or game studio that has been running software for more than a decade, and you will find a job posting mentioning Jenkins. That is strange, on the face of it. Jenkins is old. The interface looks dated because it is dated.

This lesson has no workspace. There is nothing to type and nothing to run. The file you see open in the editor on the right, a Jenkinsfile, is there so it looks familiar later, not so you can read it line by line yet, that comes in lesson 3. For now, just sit back and think about the shape of the tool before you touch it. ...