1.3. Introducing Jenkins (née Hudson)

Jenkins, originally called Hudson, is an open source Continuous Integration tool written in Java. Boasting a dominant market share, Jenkins is used by teams of all sizes, for projects in a wide variety of languages and technologies, including .NET, Ruby, Groovy, Grails, PHP and more, as well as Java. So what has made Jenkins such a success? And why use Jenkins for your CI infrastructure?

Firstly, Jenkins is easy to use. The user interface is simple, intuitive, and visually appealing, and Jenkins as a whole has a very low learning curve. As we will see in the next chapter, you can get started with Jenkins in a matter of minutes.