Psake notes

psake.md

TeamCity and psake

What is psake

• Open-source build automation tool
• Powershell-based
• Leverages existing command line knowledge
• Replaces msbuild for most tasks

Installation

With an empty solution in Visual studio (2015):

A. Clone from source (https://github.com/psake/psake) B. NuGet package

We're going to use it as a NuGet package:

1. Create a new "ClassLibrary" project in the solution (you could call it "Build" if you like)
2. Install psake

Install-Package psake

3. Create a new Powershell script with psake tasks

task default -depends Test

task Clean {
    Write-Host 'Executed Clean!'
}

task Compile -depends Clean {
    Write-Host 'Executed Compile!'
}

task Test -depends Compile, Clean {
    Write-Host 'Executed Test!'
}

4. Run a psake task

Import-Module ..\packages\psake.4.6.0\tools\psake.psm1
Invoke-psake