Example Rake tasks for @avdi (.NET Web Development with Cygwin)

msbuild.rake

sln = Dir.glob("*.sln").first
msbuild = "/cygdrive/c/Program Files (x86)/MSBuild/14.0/Bin/MSBuild.exe"

desc "msbuild the solution"
task :build do
  sh msbuild, sln
end

desc "runs nunit on valid UnitTests.*.dll assemblies"
task :test => [:build] do
  tests = Dir.glob("**/UnitTests.*.dll").lazy
    .reject { |t| /Release/.match t }
    .reject { |t| /obj/.match t }
    .reject { |t| /Scripts/.match t}.to_a

  sh "nunit-console", *tests
end

desc "builds and deploys the files"
task :deploy => [:test, :fast_deploy] do
end

desc "deploy without running tests or separate build"
task :fast_deploy do
  sh msbuild, sln, "/p:DeployOnBuild=true", "/p:PublishProfile=localhost"
end

desc "build, test, deploy, and wakeup"
task :default => [:deploy, :wakeup]

touch.rake

# Sometimes the deploy doesn't work, I think because timestamps get messed up
# this goes through and touches them so they have more recent updated times

desc "touch all asset files to force deployment"
task :touch do
  files = Dir.glob("**/*.cshtml").to_a
  sh "touch", *files

  files = Dir.glob("**/*.js").to_a
  sh "touch", *files
end

wakeup.rb

# In .NET web apps, after updating config files or executables in the bin
# directory, the AppPool gets recycled, meaning the entire application is reloaded.
# in large applications or CMS projects, this can cause a significant delay.
#
# View files (*.cshtml) are also compiled on the fly during the first request that uses them.
# This also represents a non-negligible delay.
#
# This tasks hits a list of predefined URLS in parallel to both wake up the AppPool
# and also force compilation of various view files that typically impact my testing
# process
require 'thread'
require 'net/http'

class Time
  def to_ms
    (self.to_f * 1000.0).to_i
  end
end

# Change this to your local host domain
host = "myclient.local"

paths = %w(
 /
 /subscribe
 /shop
 /shop/some-product
 /shopping-cart
 /get-and-share-items
 /other-shopping/something-you-can-share
 /workflow/create-account
)

desc "wakes up the AppPool by making #{paths.count} concurrent requests"
task :wakeup do

  threads = []

  puts "Hitting #{paths.count} pages on #{host} to force compilation..."

  process_start = Time.now.to_ms

  paths.each do |path|
    threads << Thread.new(path) do |path|

      url = "http://" + host + path

      start_time = Time.now.to_ms
      Net::HTTP.get_response(URI.parse(url))
      end_time = Time.now.to_ms

      ellapsed = end_time - start_time
      puts "HIT: #{path} (#{ellapsed})"
    end
  end

  threads.each(&:join)

  process_end = Time.now.to_ms
  ellapsed = process_end - process_start
  puts "Finished. (#{ellapsed} total)"
end