Level: Intermediate Pat Eyler (pat.eyler@gmail.com), Co-founder, Seattle Ruby Brigade
27 Sep 2005 Find out about the Rake dependency management tool -- common uses of the tool, syntax of the executable configuration file, how to extend Rake using the Ruby programming language.
In this tutorial
Rake is a great addition to anybody's toolbox. If you haven't started using Rake to automate your daily computing tasks, you owe it to yourself to take a look at it today. This tutorial walks through a history of task automation in the context of a development project, then briefly compares several automation (or dependency management) tools, presents a primer on Rake, and gives several extended examples of how to use it.
Prerequisites
See System Requirements below.
System requirements
To make the best use of this tutorial, you should have Ruby and Rake installed on your system. More information about getting and installing these can be found in Resources.
Duration
Under two hours
Formats html, pdf
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