Fowler recommends Rake (ruby-based build tool)

Today, I opened the RSS feed from delicious and saw many people collect the latest Fowler's recommendation for rake. ArticleAfter reading this article, I feel that it is really good and can replace ant.

Ant's XML method has been unpleasant. XML is designed for machines. It has never been a chance to use ant in large quantities.

The source code of rake is also good for learning Ruby. Its original prototypeCodeThere are only more than 100 rows.
His author's blog: http://onestepback.org/, just made a report on Ruby's IOC at the new open-source conference.
It was introduced that Ruby and the killer application rails at the Conference aroused great interest among participants.