Skeleton of a rake task

foo.rake

# To test, type this on the command line:
# rake -T | grep foo
# To invoke:
# rake foo:first_task[1221]

namespace :foo do
  desc 'Skeleton of a rake task'
  task :first_task, [:num] => :environment do |_, args|
    abort_reason = false

    if abort_reason
      puts "Sorry, something went wrong"
      puts "Maybe you should do XYZ"
      abort("aborting -- no action taken")
    end

    puts "Args times 10 gives: #{args.num.to_i * 10}"

    bar "apple", "plum"
  end

  desc "skeleton of a simple rake task"
  task :second_task => :environment do
  end
end

# note, potential pitfall:
# this bar method is visible across ALL rake tasks in the repo.
# See here for alternative strategies:
# https://kevinjalbert.com/defined_methods-in-rake-tasks-you-re-gonna-have-a-bad-time/
def bar(p1, p2)
  puts "p1=#{p1} p2=#{p2}"
end


__END__

expected output:

$ rake foo:first_task[1221]
Args times 10 gives: 12210
p1=apple p2=plum

$ rake -T | grep foo
rake foo:first_task[num]                                                # Skeleton of a rake task
rake foo:second_task                                                    # skeleton of a simple rake task