rad 💯

a general purpose build tool.

usage

$ rad <task-name> [--help]

// rad.ts - your buildfile
const format = `prettier --write`
const test = `deno test`
const build = {
  dependsOn: [format],
  fn({ sh }) => sh('tsc')
}
export const tasks = {
  build,
  format,
  test
}

install

there are a few formal ways to use rad:

¹For docker users, consider making a nice shell alias

# shell profile, e.g. .bash_profile
function rad() {
  docker run --rm -v $PWD:/rad cdaringe/rad "$@";
}

what is it

• bottom-up, make-style build targets
  • fast builds, skip redundant tasks when inputs haven’t changed!
• pipeline style builds
  • easy to understand, declarative build steps
• highly portable. build automation for any language or project, in many environments
• generic package management
• great UX is priority 1 (after priorities 0.33 works, 0.66 correct, & 0.99 fast-enough :))

why

no build tools in 2018 2019 2020 have a complete feature set that the average polyglot programmer needs without coercing it or piling on extraneous complexity.

see why not just use

features

• stop using make and bash. use a modern syntax and a real scripting language
  • <ref to why bash is not fit for general purpose scripting>
• no DSL. your build is code–tasks are POJOs with a verified interface
• debuggable. 🐛 halt the runtime, inspect your data, tasks, or even rad itself
• beautiful.
• take it anywhere.
  • osx, linux, windows!
    • help us support other architectures
• no dependencies.
  • e.g. you don’t need bash, or java, this lib, that lib, etc. we bundle everything we need, courtesy of deno bundle!