Summary

Fed up with XML based builds that are hard to maintain, refactor and extend? Rather than trying to fix this with more xml and community tasks, or re-invent the wheel, lets use rake. Rake is a mature build system developed by the ruby community which can be applied equally well in the .NET world.

nRake provides a template C# .NET project with a standardised directory tree, a Rake build, templated app and web configs for different environments and Continuous Integration server sample config files.

How to use

• Choose your version:
  • nRake with Iron Ruby for .NET 4 (recommended for .NET 4)
  • nRake with Iron Ruby for .NET 2/3.5 (recommended if you’re not on .NET 4)
  • nRake with bundled Ruby 1.9 (legacy)
• Git clone or Download nRake as a Zip
• Rename PlaceHolder app and tests to reflect your project
• Run rake.bat in the root of the project, to make sure everything still builds
• Start developing :-)

Also nRake uses the Albacore Gem for .NET build tasks. Documentation on Albacore tasks here