use rake to kickstart IIS Express

kickstart_minimal

task :kickstart_iisexpress do

    # this task is a workaround for the following issue: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4605750/iis-express-from-command-line

    path_to_iisExpress = File.join(tools_path, 'IIS Express', 'iisexpress.exe')

    output = IO.popen(path_to_iisExpress) do |pipe|
        sleep 3 #seconds
        Process.kill("KILL", pipe.pid)
        pipe.close
    end

    puts 'IIS Express successfully kickstarted.'
end

kickstart_verbose

task :kickstart_iisexpress do

    # this task is a workaround for the following issue: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4605750/iis-express-from-command-line

    puts 'starting IIS Express w/ no arguments to make sure it runs...'

    path_to_iisExpress = File.join(tools_path, 'IIS Express', 'iisexpress.exe')

    output = IO.popen(path_to_iisExpress) do |pipe|

        'IIS Express started'.split(//).each do |c|
            putc c
        end
        (1..5).each do
            sleep 1 #seconds
            putc '.'
        end

        Process.kill("KILL", pipe.pid)

        out = pipe.read

        pipe.close

        puts 'IIS Express stopped; output was:'
        puts

        out
    end

    puts output

    puts
    puts 'IIS Express successfully kickstarted.'
end