Figure 8.17. IRC notification messages in action
8.9. Desktop Notifiers
The best push notification strategies integrate smoothly into the developer’s daily work environment.
This is why instant messaging can be an effective strategy if developers are already in the habit of using
instant messaging for other work-related activities.
Desktop notification tools also fall into this category. Desktop notification tools are tools that run locally
on the developer machine, either as an independent application or widget, or as part of the developer’s
IDE.
If you are using Eclipse, the Jenkins Eclipse plugin^6 displays a health icon at the bottom of the Eclipse
window. If you click on the icon, you can see a detailed view of the Jenkins projects (see Figure 8.18,
“Jenkins notifications in Eclipse”). In the Eclipse preferences, you provide the URL of your Jenkins
server along with any required authentication details. The configuration is fairly simple, however, and
you can only connect to a single Jenkins instance for a given Eclipse workspace.