Cake is a build automation system for .NET projects that provides a simple way to define and execute build tasks. It was created in 2014 and has grown significantly with over 100 add-ins available and over 466k downloads on NuGet. Cake is open source under the MIT license and is a member of the .NET Foundation to ensure its longevity.

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51. Developer machine

52. Developer machine

56. 384 aliases built in

57. 384 aliases built in

59. Addin

60. Addin
Extends Cake with new functionality

61. Addin
Extends Cake with new functionality

63. Module

64. Module
Extends Cake with new functionality

65. Module
Extends Cake with new functionality
Replace core functionality

66. Module
Extends Cake with new functionality
Replace core functionality

68. 146+ addins & modules
available!

70. Adds support for things like

71. Adds support for things like
• Git
• Slack
• Microsoft Teams
• Gitter
• Twitter
• Kudu
Etc.

73. Open source - permissive license - MIT

74. Open source - permissive license - MIT
Code available on GitHub

75. Open source - permissive license - MIT
Code available on GitHub
Member of the .NET Foundation
- ensures longevity and stewardship of the project

76. Open source - permissive license - MIT
Code available on GitHub
Member of the .NET Foundation
- ensures longevity and stewardship of the project

80. • Ensures longevity and stewardship of the project
• Make .NET a credible open source development platform
• Provide support to open source projects in the .NET ecosystem
• Develop the grassroots .NET community

89. Cake

90. Cake
Cake VS

91. Cake
Cake VS Cake VS Code

92. Cake
Cake VS Cake VS Code
Cake VSO

93. Cake
Cake VS Cake VS Code
Cake VSO Cake Frosting

94. Cake
Cake VS Cake VS Code
Cake VSO Cake Frosting
"Cake Omnisharp" - WIP

95. Cake
Cake VS Cake VS Code
Cake VSO Cake Frosting
"Cake Omnisharp" - WIP

97. Created by Patrik Svensson - May 2014

98. Created by Patrik Svensson - May 2014
Mattias Karlsson joins the team - September 2014 (PR & Issues June 2014)

99. Created by Patrik Svensson - May 2014
Mattias Karlsson joins the team - September 2014 (PR & Issues June 2014)
Gary Ewan Park joins the team - October 2015

100. Created by Patrik Svensson - May 2014
Mattias Karlsson joins the team - September 2014 (PR & Issues June 2014)
Gary Ewan Park joins the team - October 2015
Cake joins .NET Foundation - June 2016

101. Created by Patrik Svensson - May 2014
Mattias Karlsson joins the team - September 2014 (PR & Issues June 2014)
Gary Ewan Park joins the team - October 2015
Cake joins .NET Foundation - June 2016
Cake .NET Core port released - September 2016

102. Created by Patrik Svensson - May 2014
Mattias Karlsson joins the team - September 2014 (PR & Issues June 2014)
Gary Ewan Park joins the team - October 2015
Cake joins .NET Foundation - June 2016
Cake .NET Core port released - September 2016
Alistair Chapman joins the team - September 2016

103. Created by Patrik Svensson - May 2014
Mattias Karlsson joins the team - September 2014 (PR & Issues June 2014)
Gary Ewan Park joins the team - October 2015
Cake joins .NET Foundation - June 2016
Cake .NET Core port released - September 2016
Alistair Chapman joins the team - September 2016
ThoughtWorks lists as Technology worth pursuing - March 2017

104. Created by Patrik Svensson - May 2014
Mattias Karlsson joins the team - September 2014 (PR & Issues June 2014)
Gary Ewan Park joins the team - October 2015
Cake joins .NET Foundation - June 2016
Cake .NET Core port released - September 2016
Alistair Chapman joins the team - September 2016
ThoughtWorks lists as Technology worth pursuing - March 2017
100+ addins on NuGet - March 2017

105. Created by Patrik Svensson - May 2014
Mattias Karlsson joins the team - September 2014 (PR & Issues June 2014)
Gary Ewan Park joins the team - October 2015
Cake joins .NET Foundation - June 2016
Cake .NET Core port released - September 2016
Alistair Chapman joins the team - September 2016
ThoughtWorks lists as Technology worth pursuing - March 2017
100+ addins on NuGet - March 2017
Martin Björkström - April 2017

106. Created by Patrik Svensson - May 2014
Mattias Karlsson joins the team - September 2014 (PR & Issues June 2014)
Gary Ewan Park joins the team - October 2015
Cake joins .NET Foundation - June 2016
Cake .NET Core port released - September 2016
Alistair Chapman joins the team - September 2016
ThoughtWorks lists as Technology worth pursuing - March 2017
100+ addins on NuGet - March 2017
Martin Björkström - April 2017

108. Cake runner 25k downloads on NuGet - Mach 2016
Cake runner 50k downloads on NuGet - June 2016
Cake runner 100k downloads on NuGet - August 2016
Cake runner 250k downloads on NuGet - December 2016
Cake runner 250k downloads on NuGet - December 2016
Cake runner 250k downloads on NuGet - December 2016
Cake runner 466k downloads on NuGet - April 2017

110. 105 contributors to the core project
75 releases
1580 issues & pull requests
1818 commits

112. 50+ projects
21 contributors
Build resources
Ensures healthy ecosystem

114. .NET CLI - Assembly Build Pipeline
• Clean
• Restore
• Build
• Test
• Package
• Publish

116. NuGet - Released builds

117. NuGet - Released builds
Chocolatey

118. NuGet - Released builds
Chocolatey
Homebrew

119. NuGet - Released builds
Chocolatey
Homebrew
Docker Hub (coming)

120. NuGet - Released builds
Chocolatey
Homebrew
Docker Hub (coming)
MyGet – Prerelease (NuGet, Choco, vsix)

121. NuGet - Released builds
Chocolatey
Homebrew
Docker Hub (coming)
MyGet – Prerelease (NuGet, Choco, vsix)
GitHub

122. NuGet - Released builds
Chocolatey
Homebrew
Docker Hub (coming)
MyGet – Prerelease (NuGet, Choco, vsix)
GitHub

124. Default recommended way NuGet
through official bootstrappers

125. Default recommended way NuGet
through official bootstrappers
build.ps1

126. Default recommended way NuGet
through official bootstrappers
build.ps1
build.sh

127. Default recommended way NuGet
through official bootstrappers
build.ps1
build.sh

129. Invoke-WebRequest http://cakebuild.net/download/bootstrapper/windows -OutFile build.ps1
curl -Lsfo build.sh http://cakebuild.net/download/bootstrapper/linux
curl -Lsfo build.sh http://cakebuild.net/download/bootstrapper/osx

131. Setup(context =>
{
// Executed BEFORE the first task.
});
Teardown(context =>
{
// Executed AFTER the last task.
});

132. TaskSetup((context, task) =>
{
var message = string.Format("Task: {0}", task.Task.Name);
// custom logging
});
TaskTeardown((context, task) =>
{
var message = string.Format("Task: {0}", task.Task.Name);
// custom logging
});

134. • Add-in directive

135. • Add-in directive
• Load directive

136. • Add-in directive
• Load directive
• Reference directive

137. • Add-in directive
• Load directive
• Reference directive
• Tool directive

138. • Add-in directive
• Load directive
• Reference directive
• Tool directive
• Shebang directive

139. • Add-in directive
• Load directive
• Reference directive
• Tool directive
• Shebang directive
• Break directive

140. • Add-in directive
• Load directive
• Reference directive
• Tool directive
• Shebang directive
• Break directive
• Using Directive

141. • Add-in directive
• Load directive
• Reference directive
• Tool directive
• Shebang directive
• Break directive
• Using Directive

143. Add-in directive
#addin nuget:?package=Cake.Foo
#addin nuget:?package=Cake.Foo&version=1.2.3
#addin nuget:?package=Cake.Foo&prerelease
#addin nuget:https://myget.org/f/Cake/?package=Cake.Foo&prerelease

144. Load directive
#l "scripts/utilities.cake"
#load "scripts/utilities.cake"
#l "nuget:?package=utilities.cake"
#load "nuget:?package=utilities.cake"

145. Reference directive
#r "bin/myassembly.dll"
#reference "bin/myassembly.dll"

146. Tool directive
#tool nuget:?package=Cake.Foo
#tool nuget:?package=Cake.Foo&version=1.2.3
#tool nuget:?package=Cake.Foo&prerelease
#tool nuget:https://myget.org/f/Cake/?package=Cake.Foo&prerelease

147. Shebang directive
#!path/to/launch/cake

148. Break directive
#break

149. Using Directive
using Newtonsoft.Json;

150. Using Directive
using Newtonsoft.Json;
System System.Collections.Generic System.Text
System.Linq System.Threading.Tasks System.IO
Cake.Core Cake.Core.Scripting Cake.Core.IO
Cake.Core.Diagnostics

151. • Command line paramaters
• Environment variables

152. var arg = Argument("my_setting", "default value");
int arg = Argument("timout", 1);
var flag = HasArgument("flag");

153. Var envvar = EnvironmentVariable("my_setting");

155. • Align .NET Core CLI 1.0.1

156. • Align .NET Core CLI 1.0.1
• Move Cake core to VS2017

157. • Align .NET Core CLI 1.0.1
• Move Cake core to VS2017
• Refactor, switch and unify around latest Roslyn

158. • Align .NET Core CLI 1.0.1
• Move Cake core to VS2017
• Refactor, switch and unify around latest Roslyn
• Improved IDE support

159. • Align .NET Core CLI 1.0.1
• Move Cake core to VS2017
• Refactor, switch and unify around latest Roslyn
• Improved IDE support
• Official containers

160. • Align .NET Core CLI 1.0.1
• Move Cake core to VS2017
• Refactor, switch and unify around latest Roslyn
• Improved IDE support
• Official containers

162. [insert applauds here]

163. Mattias
https://medium.com/@devlead
https://github.com/devlead
https://twitter.com/devlead
https://www.linkedin.com/in/devlead/
https://devlead.se
Cake
http://cakebuild.net/
https://medium.com/@cakebuildnet
https://github.com/cake-build
https://twitter.com/cakebuildnet