Radiating the information
The final step is to display the information from the database as a color "radiator"—this simply involves producing a web page that queries the data and translates this information to the appropriate color—red, amber, or green. This can be done in many languages, including PHP, JSP, and ASP if you like, but the simplest approach may be to have your Jenkins job write out the raw HTML to a file for you, perhaps something like this:
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="5">
<style type="text/css">
.myclass{
width:270px;
height:150px;
position:absolute;
left:50%;
top:50%;
margin:-75px 0 0 -135px;
}
</style>
</head>
<body style="background:#088A08">
<div class="myclass">Status of my VerySimpleJob</div>
</body>
</html>With the job updating the value for the background color as suitable. Note that there's a Meta...
