TinyMake 0.06

TinyMake is a minimalist build language, similar in purpose to make and ant.

SYNOPSIS

use TinyMake :all;

# a file statement without a rule is like a symbolic target
file all => ["codeGen", "compile", "dataLoad", "test"];

file codeGen => ["database.spec"], sub {
# generate code here
sh "touch $target";
} ;

file compile => ["codeGen"], sub {
# compile code here
sh "touch $target";
} ;

file dataLoad => ["codeGen"], sub {
# load data here
sh "touch $target"
} ;

file test => ["compile", "dataLoad"], sub {
# test code here
sh "touch $target";
} ;
# a file statement without prerequisites will be executed
# if the target doesnt exist.
file clean => sub {
# perform cleanup here
sh "rm compile codeGen dataLoad test"
} ;

make @ARGV

This Perl Module allows you to define file-based dependencies similar to how make works.Rather than placing the build rules in a separate Makefile or build.xml, the build rules are declared using standard Perl syntax. TinyMake is effectively an inline domain-specific language. Using make you might write a makefile that looks like this...

test: compile dataLoad
# test
touch test

codeGen: database.spec
# generate code
touch codeGen

compile: codeGen
# compile code
touch compile

dataLoad: codeGen
# load data
touch dataLoad

database.spec: # source file
The equivalent perl code using TinyMake would look like this...
use TinyMake :all;

# some perl code
.
.
.
file test => ["compile","dataLoad"], sub { # test
`touch test`;
} ;

file codeGen => "database.spec", sub { # generate code
`touch codeGen`;
} ;

# some more perl code
.
.
.
file compile => "codeGen", sub { # compile code
`touch compile`;
} ;

file dataload => "codeGen", sub { # load data
`touch dataLoad`;
} ;

make @ARGV;