Adding a CoffeeScript equivalent to Rake/Make/Jake (Cake, naturally), and implementing all of our build and test tasks in the Cakefile. Run bin/cake to see the tasks.

lib/coffee_script/cake.js

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+(function(){
+  var coffee, fs, path, print_tasks, tasks;
+  var __hasProp = Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty;
+  // `cake` is a simplified version of Make (Rake, Jake) for CoffeeScript.
+  fs = require('fs');
+  path = require('path');
+  coffee = require('coffee-script');
+  tasks = {};
+  // Mixin the Cake functionality.
+  process.mixin({
+    // Define a task with a name, a description, and the action itself.
+    task: function task(name, description, action) {
+      return tasks[name] = {
+        name: name,
+        description: description,
+        action: action
+      };
+    },
+    // Invoke another task in the Cakefile.
+    invoke: function invoke(name) {
+      return tasks[name].action();
+    }
+  });
+  // Display the list of Cake tasks.
+  print_tasks = function print_tasks() {
+    var _a, _b, _c, _d, _e, _f, _g, i, name, spaces, task;
+    _a = []; _b = tasks;
+    for (name in _b) if (__hasProp.call(_b, name)) {
+      task = _b[name];
+      _a.push((function() {
+        spaces = 20 - name.length;
+        spaces = spaces > 0 ? ((function() {
+          _c = []; _f = 0; _g = spaces;
+          for (_e=0, i=_f; (_f <= _g ? i <= _g : i >= _g); (_f <= _g ? i += 1 : i -= 1), _e++) {
+            _c.push(' ');
+          }
+          return _c;
+        }).call(this)).join('') : '';
+        return puts("cake " + name + spaces + ' # ' + task.description);
+      }).call(this));
+    }
+    return _a;
+  };
+  // The CommandLine handles all of the functionality of the `coffee` utility.
+  exports.run = function run() {
+    return path.exists('Cakefile', function(exists) {
+      var args;
+      if (!(exists)) {
+        throw new Error('Cakefile not found in ' + process.cwd());
+      }
+      args = process.ARGV.slice(2, process.ARGV.length);
+      return fs.cat('Cakefile').addCallback(function(source) {
+        var _a, _b, _c, arg;
+        eval(coffee.compile(source));
+        if (!(args.length)) {
+          return print_tasks();
+        }
+        _a = []; _b = args;
+        for (_c = 0; _c < _b.length; _c++) {
+          arg = _b[_c];
+          if (!(tasks[arg])) {
+            throw new Error('No such task: "' + arg + '"');
+          }
+          tasks[arg].action();
+        }
+        return _a;
+      });
+    });
+  };
+})();