We are happy to announce that Jenkins Operator officially became an official Jenkins sub-project. What does it mean for the project? Becoming an official part of the Jenkins project was a major step towards better alignment with the overall Jenkins’ roadmap and more opportunities to increase adoption of the Jenkins Operator project. Finally, with a dedicated team at VirtusLab actively maintaining the project we can engage with...
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...
Two months ago I published an introductory article on the journey of becoming a Jenkins contributor. In that first article, the jenkins.io site was reviewed, learning about the multiple ways in which we can participate and contribute. Then, a first—basic—contribution I made to the site repository was described. Now, in this new article we will be exploring more advanced contributions, committing code to the actual Jenkins core. Getting started...
As a software engineer, for many years I have used open source software (frameworks, libraries, tools…) in the different companies I have worked at. However, I had never been able to engage in an open-source project as a contributor, until now. Since I made my first—ridiculously simple—commit into Jenkins, six months ago (in September, 2018), I have been attempting to contribute more to the Jenkins project. However, contributing...