Power Rake
summary
Shows how to take a directory (including subdirectories) of images, use Rake file lists are lazy to generate thumb names with pathmap, and declare dynamic file tasks skip up-to-date files and directory tasks create nested dirs so ImageMagick’s convert builds only changed 32x32 thumbnails and then appends them into a single final.png. Also covers rules with regex+lambda for one-rule handling, clean/clobber lists, and a real example rebuilding a 50‑lab git‑immersion site incrementally.
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chapters (17)
- 0:00Introduction and travel
- 0:48The rake tool and its history
- 2:04Rake misconceptions and icon
- 4:21Basic rake concepts review
- 5:21File lists in rake
- 8:56Mapping file names
- 11:23File tasks and dependencies
- 14:25Looping and dynamic tasks
- 17:40Directory management
- 19:44Automation efficiency
- 22:07Cleanup and clobbering
- 24:20Complex directory structures
- 27:39Rake debugging and rules
- 31:28Deep dive into rake rules
- 33:51Advanced rules and patterns
- 36:11Rules vs dynamic tasks
- 42:56Real-world rake application
