Grunt for the .NET developer

Imagine being able to easily define a workflow that will build your solution and run your tests. We have some of those tools available right now, but why stop there? Imagine being able to compile coffeescript and/or less or restart IIS.

Jubilee aims to assist the developer in minimizing the effort to automate their workflows.

##Getting Started

Jubilee works best with Growl for Windows, but is not limited to Growl, it includes a console notifier.

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Jubilee.exe -?

With Jubilee, you can define dependent plugins. Let's suppose you want to copy files after a successful build. The configuration below shows how to wire up dependent plugins.

##Sample Configuration

Runner:
  Name: FileSystemWatchingRunner
  Parameters:
    FolderToWatch: c:\SomeFolderToMonitorForChanges
Plugins:
- Name: BuildSolution
  Task: MSBuild
- Name: CopyBinariesFromOneLocationToAnother
  Task: FileCopy
  DependsOn: BuildSolution
  Parameters: 
    From: c:\SomeDirectory
    To: c:\SomeOtherDirectory
Notifications:
- Name: ConsoleNotification
- Name: GrowlNotification

##ScriptCS Support Jubilee has the ability to run scripts via ScriptCS. The contextual information, such as which directory is being watched as well as the file that changed will be passed to the script. (This is assuming the FileSystemWatchingRunner is being used).

Scaffold a new ScriptCS Plugin

Jubilee.exe -s YourPluginName

Example Jubilee ScriptCS Configuration

Runner:
  Name: FileSystemWatchingRunner
  Parameters:
    FolderToWatch: f:\SomeFolderToMonitorForChanges
Plugins:
- Name: ScriptCSConsoleWriter
  Task: ScriptCS
  Parameters:
     ScriptName: ConsoleWriter.csx
Notifications:
- Name: ConsoleNotification
- Name: GrowlNotification

Example ScriptCS script

Console.Write(ScriptArgs[0]); //The name of the ScriptCS Script being run
Console.Write(ScriptArgs[1]); //The directory currently being watched by Jubilee
Console.Write(ScriptArgs[2]); //The file that changed the kicked off the workflow

Console.Error.WriteLine("failed"); // will produce an error in Jubilee

##Powershell Support Jubilee has the ability to run powershell scripts. The contextual information, such as which directory is being watched as well as the file that changed will be passed to the script. (This is assuming the FileSystemWatchingRunner is being used).

Scaffold a new Powershell Plugin

Jubilee.exe -p YourPluginName

Example Jubilee Powershell Configuration

Runner:
  Name: FileSystemWatchingRunner
  Parameters:
    FolderToWatch: f:\SomeFolderToMonitorForChanges
Plugins:
- Name: WritingToTheConsole
  Task: Powershell
  Parameters:
     ScriptName: ConsoleWriter.ps1
Notifications:
- Name: ConsoleNotification
- Name: GrowlNotification

Example Powershell script

param($ScriptName,$WorkingPath,$ChangedFilePath)
Write-Output $ScriptName
Write-Output $WorkingPath
Write-Output $ChangedFilePath