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Atta is a FREE build tool, targets-tasks driven, developed in pure Python. Similar in philosophy to the Ant, NAnt, etc. but without the use of XML syntax nightmare.

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Example

build.py script:

  from atta import *

  Project.defaultTarget = 'install'

  class prepare(Target):
    def Prepare(self):
      return True

    def Run(self):
      Echo('enter prepare')

  class precompile(Target):
    DependsOn = [prepare]
    def Run(self):
      Echo('enter precompile')

  class compile(Target):
    DependsOn = [prepare, precompile]
    def Run(self):
      Echo('enter compile')

  class install(Target):
    DependsOn = [prepare, compile, precompile]
    def Run(self):
      Echo('enter install', level = LogLevel.WARNING)

run Atta:

$> atta

and output will be:

Buildfile: build.py

prepare:
  Echo: enter prepare

precompile:
  Echo: enter precompile

compile:
  Echo: enter compile

install:
  Echo: enter install

Build: SUCCESSFUL
   At: 2012-06-17T00:28:29.099000
 Time: 0:00:00.055000