GSoC2019 Working Hours Plugin - UI Improvements

The Working Hour Plugin provides an interface to set up a schedule of allowable build days and times. Jobs that run outside of configured working hours are held until the next allowable build time.

The current Working Hour Plugin provides an interface to set up a schedule of allowable build times but the user interface and usability still need enhancement. Thus a new user interface based on new technologies like React could be used to optimize user experience and code readability.

We use React to improve the Plugin UI, while the integration from React to Jenkins plugin is the key point, and we are using a pattern to make this possible, which is then extracted to a code template, the React Plugin Template, for more information about the integration plan, you can read more at Github: React Plugin Template

During this summer, we have 3 presentations for three code phases, they can be accessed at

Working HOurs Plugin Presentation Phase 1

Working HOurs Plugin Presentation Phase 2

Working HOurs Plugin Presentation Phase 3

Exclude Dates

Time Ranges

We use react-datepicker to help pick a date, rather than input a hard-coded string.

Provide holiday presets to help user select excluded dates

Support repeat on excluded dates

Support dynamic date

Slider to help select time ranges

Set timezone to allow setting the excluded date to a different timezone from the jenkins instance.