A task runner for .Net.

(theme track: Bounce, Rock, Skate, Roll - Vaughan Mason & Crew)

Bounce can be found on NuGet, simply:

PM> Install-Package Bounce

Then, make sure that your bounce project's output directory is the Bounce folder, in the root of your solution. bounce.exe looks for this folder in the current and all parent directories. For example, go to your project settings, go to the Build tab, then enter ..\Bounce into the Output path box.

Put simply, it's a way to create a project toolbox that can be operated from the command line, not unlike Rake.

Imagine you have this in your project:

using System;
using Bounce.Framework;

namespace MyProject.Bounce {
    public class Stuff {
        [Task]
        public void HelloWorld() {
            Console.WriteLine("hello, world!");
        }
    }
}

You could easily call it from the command line like this:

> bounce HelloWorld
hello, world!

Of course, you can pass arguments too:

using System;
using Bounce.Framework;

namespace MyProject.Bounce {
    public class Stuff {
        [Task]
        public void Hello(string name) {
            Console.WriteLine("hello, {0}!", name);
        }
    }
}

Then:

> bounce Hello /name Bob
hello, Bob!

And those arguments can even have useful defaults:

using System;
using Bounce.Framework;

namespace MyProject.Bounce {
    public class Stuff {
        [Task]
        public void Hello(string name = "all") {
            Console.WriteLine("hello, {0}!", name);
        }
    }
}

Then:

> bounce Hello
hello, all!

And, if you've forgotten what you can do, just run bounce and it will tell you:

> bounce
usage: bounce task [options]

tasks:

    MyProject.Bounce.Stuff.HelloWorld

    MyProject.Bounce.Stuff.Hello
        /name:string = all

Ensure your project produces an assembly ending with ".Bounce.dll" or an executable ending with ".Bounce.exe" (both case-insensitive). Bounce only looks for tasks in these assemblies, so that it can start up really quickly.

Bounce has a bunch of utilities that make it easy to build VisualStudio projects, as well as deploy to IIS sites. More documentation to come.