Jenkins Developer Reference

• Architecture  
  • Model
  • Web Framework
  • Extensions  
  • Remoting
• Initialization and Startup  
  • Embedded Winstone and executable-war  
• Extensibility  

  About Jenkins' internal extension functionality, modules, and plugins
• Model  

  The data model and type hierarchy Jenkins is based on
• Handling Requests  

  Explains how Jenkins routes HTTP requests, and what ways to respond exist.

  • Routing Requests
  • Web Methods  
  • Responding to Requests  
  • Expose HTTP API with JSON content with Jenkins
  • Deprecated reflective access
• Security  
  • Storing Secrets
• Persistent Objects

  Introduction to persistent objects in Jenkins.

  • Backward Compatibility with XStream
  • Registering a Custom Converter
  • Marking Incompatible Releases
• Scheduling  

  How Jenkins schedules tasks and how the queue works
• Views  
  • Read only view
• Forms

  Forms, data binding, and structured form submission

  • Form validation
  • Adding tool tips
  • Jelly form controls
  • Structured form submission
• Internationalization and Localization  

  How to internationalize views and messages, and how to localize them.

  • Internationalizing Messages in Java Source Code
  • Internationalizing Messages in Jelly Views
  • Internationalizing Messages in Groovy Views  
  • Advanced Localization
• Distributed Builds  
• Jenkins CLI

  The inner workings of the Jenkins CLI and how to write new commands
• Testing  
• Telemetry
• Plugin development

  About Jenkins' internal extension functionality, modules, and plugins

  • Plugin Build Process
  • Choosing a Jenkins version to build against
  • Dependency Management
  • Dependencies and Class Loading
  • Optional dependencies
  • Plugin Release Tips
  • Incrementals: Developing Components in Parallel
• Plugin governance

  About plugin governance, ownership, adoption, et.c

  • Managing plugin permissions
  • Adopt a Plugin
  • Deprecating or removing a Plugin
• Publishing Plugins

  Guide to publishing plugins and related Jenkins project infrastructure

  • Style Guides
  • Source Code Hosting
  • Artifact Repository
  • Plugin Documentation
  • Plugin Wiki Pages
  • Plugin Site
  • Continuous Integration
  • Usage Statistics
• Blue Ocean  

  How to develop plugins for Blue Ocean
• Building and Debugging  
  • IntelliJ Setup for Jenkins Core Development
• Development Environment

  Preparing your development environment for Jenkins core and plugin development

  • IDE Configuration
  • Taglibs
• Appendix C: Index of All How-To Guides