Day 13: Jenkins - Creating and managing jobs
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Again, CloudBeesTV has solid walkthroughs I followed for this topic.
The basic workflow: New Item → pick a job type → configure source, triggers, and build steps → Save → Build Now, then manage history, parameters, and build status from the job page.
- Freestyle job: the classic point-and-click job. Good for simple builds: check out code, run shell steps, archive artifacts.
- Pipeline job: build logic lives in a
Jenkinsfile(declarative or scripted). Versioned with your code, supports stages, parallel steps, and approvals — the right default once a job grows beyond a few steps.
Use freestyle while learning the UI, then move real projects to pipelines so the build definition is reviewable and reproducible.