Cake Example

This example repo shows how to use Cake to build a simple .NET Core solution.

Adding Cake

1. Given a new solution, add the Cake bootloader by using this PowerShell command:

Invoke-WebRequest https://cakebuild.net/download/bootstrapper/windows -OutFile build.ps1

2. Then create the Cake build script, by adding a new file called build.cake. This script is made of a series of tasks, each run a specific part of the build process, such as restoring or running unit tests. This repo contains a more complicated example, however a simple build script with just one task would look like this:

var target = Argument("target", "Default");

Task("Default").Does(() =>
{
    DotNetCoreBuild(
        "Zupa.POC.Cake.sln", 
        new DotNetCoreBuildSettings
        {
            Configuration = "Release"
        });
});

RunTarget(target);

Running Cake

The Cake script can be run, either locally or on a build server using the following PowerShell and any failures will be reported in the console:

.\build\build.ps1

Cake at Zupa

Following our coding standards, we put both the bootloader and build script in the /build folder and update the .gitignore file to exclude any Cake tools that are downloaded, as these can be restored on a subsequent run.