1 Rake is a simple ruby build program with capabilities similar to make.
2 Rake has the following features:
4 * Rakefiles (rake's version of Makefiles) are completely defined in
5 standard Ruby syntax. No XML files to edit. No quirky Makefile
6 syntax to worry about (is that a tab or a space?)
7 * Users can specify tasks with prerequisites.
8 * Rake supports rule patterns to sythesize implicit tasks.
9 * Rake is lightweight. It can be distributed with other projects as
10 a single file. Projects that depend upon rake do not require that
11 rake be installed on target systems.