Plugin Development

Sections

• Plugin Build Process
  
• Choosing a Jenkins version to build against
  
• Dependency Management
  
• Dependencies and Class Loading
  How code is physically structured in Jenkins core and plugins, and how this relates to dependencies and Java class loading behavior.
• Optional dependencies
  
• Plugin Release Tips
  
• Incrementals: Developing Components in Parallel
  

How-To Guides

• Updating Your Maven Parent POM
• Mark a new plugin version as incompatible with older versions
• Writing an SCM Plugin
• Writing Pipeline-Compatible Plugins
• Split plugin from core

References

• Plugin parent POM on GitHub
• Making your plugin work with Blue Ocean
• Gradle JPI Plugin