A JavaScript make-like utility

Peter Michaux has created a make, or rake-like utility for JavaScript called xmake.

You create a Xmakefile.js such as
PLAIN TEXT
JAVASCRIPT:

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   2.
      / defines println
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      require('helpers');
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      xmake.task('low', function() {
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        println('low');
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      });
   8.
      
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      xmake.task('mid1', ['low'], function() {
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        println('mid1');
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      });
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      xmake.task('mid2', ['low'], function() {
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        println('mid2');
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      });
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      xmake.task('high', ['mid1', 'mid2'], function() {
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        println('high');
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      });
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And you run it via:

    xmake [-f filename] taskname

This works with xjs, the server side JavaScript framework Peter is building. We are seeing a spur in these types of libraries as people do more on the server-side.

source: ajaxian

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