The Workflow plugin is an open source plugin (or paid plugin available with Enterprise Jenkins by Cloudbees) that solves the challenge of complex build and delivery pipelines in Jenkins, and does so by using a Groovy DSL. Packaged with the core Workflow plugin, are other supporting plugins that increase the usefulness of the Workflow plugin. […]
For better or worse, the life of a consultant is filled with challenge, politics and a lot of learning. Working with a client that has difficulties solving a problem or has key “processes problems” that will always hinder success is part of the challenge. In recent years, I’ve seen a new trend in companies and […]
[June 16, 2015 Fairfax, VA] Coveros announces its special guest for Wednesday’s Engineering Your DevOps webinar. Max Saperstone, who leads the company’s Agile Testing and Test Automation practice, will join Jeffery Payne and Richard Mills to present at 12pm EDT on June 17 on the topic Integrating Automated Testing Into DevOps. Max Saperstone has been […]
Introduction One major problem with writing a good mobile web app, is that it needs to run over ALL of the devices out there. While there a plenty of hacks to get your mobile site to only load/respond on certain device, it’s generally frowned upon, and not best practice. There are multiple ways to set […]
Introduction I just finished giving my talk at StarEast about testing on a rooted device, and it went wonderfully. The room wasn’t packed, but the people who were there were the correct people…and that is what I really care about. We covered a good overview of what elevated privileges means for each device, discussed multiple […]
Dear Loyal Readers, Security, like safety, almost always makes your life harder. It is inefficient. Now, as I said before, I love Jenkins for scripting and organizing project operations and today I’d like to talk about a security feature that can help you have your cake and eat it too. The challenge for us is that […]
One of the key parts of the Agile process is the idea of retrospectives. Often, these retrospectives take the form: same of, less of, or more of. The point of retrospectives is to realize where you can improve and also what you are doing well as a team. On my current project, we have these […]
Dear Loyal Readers, Everyone uses Jenkins. It is like Pringles on any project; once you start using it, who doesn’t want a nice framework / web UI for scheduling and polling tasks!? My first use of Jenkins was a simple CI build where every job simply executed the classic Makefile: make make test make install But as […]
The following is an edited excerpt from our webinar that took place March 10, 2015. The entire recording may be viewed here: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/recording/737060184353086210. This is the first in a series of webinars on DevOps Engineering and discussed why DevOps Engineering is important. The webinar was given by Mr. Jeffery Payne and Mr. Richard Mills of […]
Introduction TechWell’s STAREAST is just 2 weeks away. Among other things, I’ll be talking about testing on a rooted device, specifically, what are the benefits, and what are some tools that can help you out. One of the things I WON’T be covering is how to root the physical device. Disappointing, I know, but due […]
