“Make” command for Windows - possible options?

Question

I am trying to setup Derby.js for Node on my Windows Machine. According to the Derby.js setup instructions, in order to use coffescript, I must do the following:

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Answer 1

If you are looking for possible options, I actually have one which will utilize PowerShell. “Make” executes commands in the makefile so that is why I used PowerShell to accomplish similar tasks. However, be warned that I only did this for my Django project. Read below if this interests you and here is the sample:

1. Created a PowerShell file something like initial.ps1.
2. Insert contents that you see or expect in the makefile. Here is the example I used for my Django project:

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# Bypass the execution policy (do this if needed)
Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned

# Setup variables
$proj = "proj"
$app = "app"

# Starting Virtual Environment
virtualenv $proj
cd .\$proj
.\Scripts\activate

# Install project
pip install --upgrade pip
pip install django

# Starting app
django-admin startproject $app
cd .\$app

# Build the project and the app
python .\manage.py makemigrations
python .\manage.py migrate
python .\manage.py createsuperuser

3. Open CMD and run the ps1.

This is very handy at least for me so I don’t need to type all those commands over and over when creating new projects. Hope this helps.