PowerShell Introduction to Psake

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Syntax

  • Task - main function to execute a step of your build script
  • Depends - property that specify what the current step depends upon
  • default - there must always be a default task that will get executed if no initial task is specified
  • FormatTaskName - specifies how each step is displayed in the result window.

Remarks

psake is a build automation tool written in PowerShell, and is inspired by Rake (Ruby make) and Bake (Boo make). It is used to create builds using dependency pattern. Documentation available here



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