A little over a year ago, we launched JenkinsIsTheWay.io, a website whose sole purpose is to share Jenkins user stories with the developers and engineers in our community. Over a hundred of you have already shared your innovations, and they just keep coming. It comes as no surprise that many of the submitted stories are from IT consultants and software developers around...

This year, the Jenkins Contributor Awards will be run by the Continuous Delivery Foundation (CDF) along with many other CDF Community Awards. The nominations are currently open and are being accepted using GitHub issues to make the process more transparent. Any contributor is eligible this time around! The deadline to nominate someone is May 14, 2021, and voting will open in May. Nominate contributors or vote...

The She Code Africa Contributhon started April 1, 2021. The She Code Africa Contributhon is a boot camp where African women are paid to work with open source organizations on selected projects with dedicated mentors. This program aims to create a more diverse, inclusive, and innovative culture within the African open source ecosystem by matching African women in technology with sponsor and mentor open source organizations. The...

We would like to announce changes in the Jenkins Governance Board. As it was announced earlier this month, Marky Jackson has decided to step down from his elected roles. On behalf of the Jenkins community, we would like to thank Marky for all contributions and for the continued participation in the Jenkins community. As an active Jenkins contributor and community leader, Marky helped a lot of initiatives...

She Code Africa is a non-profit organization focused on celebrating and empowering young girls and women in technology across Africa. They provide resources and events that help women grow and achieve their personal and career goals. Their mentoring programs provide help and guidance as participants learn and grow in their careers. This year, She Code Africa is organizing the She Code Africa Contributhon. Contributhon is a boot camp...

On behalf of the Jenkins GSoC org team, I am happy to announce that this year, for the first time, the Jenkins projects will be participating in Google Summer of Code 2021 as part of the Continuous Delivery Foundation (CDF) GSoC organization. We’re very excited to have the Jenkins project participate in GSoC as part the CDF mentoring organisation along with fellow CDF projects such as Ortelius, Screwdriver, Spinnaker, and...

The Jenkins Contributor Summit brings together current and future contributors to the Jenkins project. We’re hosting an online summit this year to encourage contributors from around the world to meet, discuss, and plan for the future. The Contributor Summit will be Tuesday, February 23rd 2021 through Thursday, February 25, 2021. The summit brings together community members to learn, meet, and help shape the future of Jenkins. In the...

The Jenkins community congratulates all users and contributors with the New Year! Let’s take a look at some changes this year. We would like to thank all awesome Jenkins users and contributors who have been with us during this year. Highlights Some of the key highlights: Hundreds of first-timer contributors joined the community Major UI/UX improvements in the Jenkins core, including the landing page, plugin manager, dark theme, and read-only...

With the mentor summit and the project retrospectives finished in October, now we can call Google Summer of Code 2020 officially over in the Jenkins community. On behalf of the Jenkins org team, we would like to thank all participants: students, mentors, applicants, and dozens of other contributors who participated in the project this year. Google Summer of Code would not be successful without the active participation...

Google Summer of Code (GSoC) is a program where students are paid a stipend by Google to work on a free open source project. Students work on the project for three months (June to August). Prior to the coding phase, there is a month of community bonding, to welcome students to the Jenkins community and acquaint them with the projects processes for communication and collaboration. Mentors are actively...