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Why choose Jenkins?

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From the course: Learning Jenkins: Automating Software Development and System Administration

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Why choose Jenkins?

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- [Instructor] Along with Jenkins, there are plenty of amazing tools that we can use to automate software development. So if there are other viable alternatives, you might be asking yourself, "Why should I choose Jenkins?" As you learn to interact with Jenkins, you'll find the interface fairly intuitive and easy to navigate. The interface also includes built-in documentation and examples to help you explore included features without having to open another browser tab. Jenkins is also available for anyone to use for free. Jenkins is distributed under the MIT license, which gives generous permissions on how the software can be used, modified, and shared with others. This means that you can install and use it on your laptop just the same way that a Fortune 500 enterprise might use it on a server. Neither of you will pay a dime in licensing or royalties. Jenkins is also open source with all the code available on github.com. This means that anyone can submit enhancements or fixes to the…

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