This document discusses using makefiles to make life easier by automating file-based workflows. Makefiles allow defining tasks, variables, patterns, and cross-platform compatibility to invoke multiple tasks with flags, hooks, parallel execution, and aliases. PyInvoke is a Python library that provides makefile functionality without other dependencies and supports Python 2 and 3.

1. Make you life easier
file
Misha Behersky @ DataRobot PyCon Poland 2016

2. Makefiles

4. - Phony?
- Variables?
- Patterns?
- Variable substitution?
- Different platforms?

5. Invoke

6. - Multiple tasks in a single invocation
- Flag-based style of command-line parsing
- Before/after hooks
- Parallel execution
- Task aliasing

7. pyinvoke.org
- No other deps
- Python 2/3 support
@bmwant