Rake build utility

Thu, 12 Nov 2026 08:50:47 +0000

Rake is one of the best tools created in Ruby and widely used for running scripts. In my opinion, its beautiful DSL inspired the creation of other projects, like Capistrano.

While Rake is mostly used for running build scripts, code checks, and tests, I believe it can also be used to some extent for running business tasks related to your project.

But there is one thing to keep in mind when writing your scripts: avoid exceeding 10-15 lines of code inside a task block. If your logic doesn’t fit within this limit, you can create a separate class to be used inside the task. Just make sure to place this class inside a namespace, because once loaded by the interpreter, it becomes globally available.

Rakefile on Artem Yegorov

Rake build utility