Build tools don't always get the attention they deserve. Tools like TeamCity and Jenkins allow users to easily create builds with a user interface. However, your build logic is tied to your CI server. Tools like Cake allow you to decouple your builds from your build server and also provide the advantage that you can run the build locally, which is great. Let us consider the build server debugging dance of commit, wait, fail, commit, wait, fail, commit, wait, success. With a build that runs locally that cycle is shortened because you can run it locally and you have a working build on every commit. In addition to these benefits, Cake uses C# and the .NET framework , putting thousands of libraries easily in reach for creating plugins to elevate your builds to another layer. We will explore build tools, focusing on Cake. You will be introduced to the Cake DSL, the basic build file, and the addin structure for Cake, and we may even build an addin.

1. Jamie Phillips
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3. Cake (C# Make) is a
cross platform build
automation system with
a C# DSL to do things
like compiling code, copy
files/folders, running unit
tests, compress files and
build NuGet packages.

5. • C#
• Consistent across
environments
• Build server agnostic
• Great Plugin System -- Addins
• .NET at your finger tips
• No other runtime
dependencies
• Repeatable
• Reduced learning curve
• Member of .NET Foundation

7.  Build runs the same regardless of CI server used. Can easily port your build from
TeamCity to Jenkins.
 Builds run the same locally as they do on the CI server
 Part of source control
 Separation of Concerns -- https://lostechies.com/derekgreer/2016/02/28/separation-of-
concerns-application-builds-continuous-integration/

8.  Very active community
 Gitter, Twitter, StackOverflow
 Cake Contributions Organization

9. Chocolatey GitVersionMSTest NSIS NuGet
DNUDotCoverMSBuild Fixie
GitReleaseNotesGitTools
NUnit ILMerge
Octopus DeployOpenCoverRoundhouse
GitReleaseManager
SignToolWiX
XBuild
TextTransform
xUnit ReportGeneratorDupFinder
InspectCodeSpecFlow
GitLink
plist
SwaggerReSharper
Squirrel*
Vagrant
Wyam
Vsce
Xamarin
XCode
YAML
XdtTransform*
PowershellTopShelfStrongNameToolWebDeploy
Unity
MagicChunks
IIS
Orchard*

10.  Web Apps
 Desktop Apps
 Libraries
 Electron Apps
 Automation
 System configuration