Lightweight tool coordination: Path∗ — A minimal framework for tool coordination

Abstract

We present a lightweight tool for coordinating tool usage in a structured and unobtrusive manner allowing for the formal description and implementation of development cycles with minimal human intervention. This tool, here and after referred to as “Path*” seeks to provide a minimal yet powerful framework for tool coordination by scripting actions to be triggered on events such as disk writes to a project directory and version control system commits. These events execute user-defined scripts for the purpose of automating tasks such as partial rebuilds and style checking in an IDE and platform independent framework.