Jenkins Pipeline
Jenkins Pipeline is a suite of plugins that supports implementing and integrating continuous delivery pipelines into Jenkins. It provides an extensible set of tools for modeling simple-to-complex delivery pipelines as code via the Pipeline DSL (Domain Specific Language), typically written in a Jenkinsfile. This enables teams to define their entire build, test, and deployment process as a script that can be versioned and shared.
Developers should learn Jenkins Pipeline when they need to automate complex, multi-stage CI/CD workflows in Jenkins, as it allows for defining pipelines as code, improving reproducibility, version control, and collaboration. It is particularly useful for projects requiring sequential or parallel stages, conditional logic, and integration with various tools and environments, such as deploying microservices or managing infrastructure. Use cases include automating software releases, running tests across different platforms, and orchestrating deployments to cloud platforms.