I Still Like Jenkins(til.andrew-quinn.me)

4 pointsby hiAndrewQuinn5 hours ago2 comments

immibis25 hours ago
A GUI that lists all the available options is much more user-friendly than a YAML configuration file where you have to guess them or pore over documentation before starting, but even Jenkinsfile syntax looks better than YAML, and Groovy is a real (edit: realer) language that, in theory, can have things like syntax highlighting and auto-completion.
- yepyoukno4 hours ago
  Ugh!
  I knew someone would try to say groovy was a real language.
  I miss the good old days with bash scripts and cron.
  Why must so many diverging environments and tools mingle in our mental space.
  - hiAndrewQuinn4 hours ago
    You can always just split the difference and call your shell script with
    sh "./whatever.sh"`
    if you want in a modern Jenkinsfile. It's really not that big of a deal to avoid Groovy if you truly cannot stand it.
    As for cron, that's also supported out of the box.
    triggers { cron('0 0 * * *') }
    At that point Jenkins is mostly acting as a nice frontend to all those cronjobs and shell scripts, but at least it keeps records of all the logs etc.
    yepyoukno44 minutes ago
    Oh brother don’t think I don’t know how to “work around” anyone else’s favorite tool.
    I guess I should be happy it isn’t CA Unicenter.
pestatijean hour ago
cant read those snippets... need more contrast