bolt

This is a simple proof of concept for a Rake like tool written in Swift.

Examples

(See main.swift)

Run a task:

task("Add Stuff") {
  println("1 + 1 is \(1 + 1)")
}

runTask("Add Stuff") // 1 + 1 is 2

Run multiple tasks:

task("Add Stuff") {
  println("1 + 1 is \(1 + 1)")
}

task("Multiply Stuff") {
  println("2 * 2 is \(2 * 2)")
}

runTasks("Add Stuff", "Multiply Stuff")
// 1 + 1 is 2
// 2 * 2 is 4

Tasks that don't exist:

runTask("Missing Task") // No task named 'Missing Task' exists

Composing multiple tasks:

task("Custom Task", "Add Stuff", "Multiply Stuff", "Missing Task")
runTask("Custom Task")
// 1 + 1 is 2
// 2 * 2 is 4
// No task named 'Missing Task' exists

Now What?

If this proved to be an interesting idea, there would need to be a Rakefile equivalent for bolt. I'm not sure how this would be implemented. If you have any thoughts on this concept please open an issue where we can discuss them.