This chapter explores communication through Jenkins, recognizing that there are different target audiences.
Jenkins is a talented communicator. Its home page displays the status of all jobs, allowing you to make quick decisions. You can easily set up multiple views, prioritizing information naturally. Jenkins, with its hordes of plugins, notifies you by email, dashboards, and Google services. It shouts at you through mobile devices, radiates information as you walk past big screens, and fires at you with USB sponge missile launchers.
Its primary audience is developers, but don't forget the wider audience that wants to use the software being developed. Seeing Jenkins regularly building with consistent views and a corporate look and feel builds confidence in the software's roadmap. This chapter includes recipes to help you reach this wider audience.
When creating...