Setting up a development environment with chocolatey

setup.cmd

@echo off
SET DIR=%~dp0%
@PowerShell -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy unrestricted -Command "& '%DIR%setup.ps1' %*"
pause

setup.ps1

### install chocolatey ###
iex ((new-object net.webclient).DownloadString("http://chocolatey.org/install.ps1"))

# install nuget and ruby if they are missing
cinstm nuget.commandline
cinstm ruby

#perform ruby updates and get gems
gem update --system
gem install rake
gem install bundler

#restore the nuget packages
$nugetConfigs = Get-ChildItem '.\' -Recurse | ?{$_.name -match "packages\.config"} | select
foreach ($nugetConfig in $nugetConfigs) {
  Write-Host "restoring packages from $($nugetConfig.FullName)"
  nuget install $($nugetConfig.FullName) /OutputDirectory packages
}

rake

This does the following:

• downloads and installs chocolatey
• installs nuget.commandline if it is not installed
• installs ruby if it is not installed
• updates gems and installs some required gems for rake
• restores nuget packages from the configs
• builds the source with rake

Slick! Another variant would be one that would download psake and setup a PowerShell build (maybe using uppercut/roundhouse?). This might fit well as I'm looking at making Tree Surgeon (http://treesurgeon.codeplex.com/) into a choclately project. Then you could create a new project from scratch with all the fixins'

cinst psake

Yes, the dependency chain is where uppercut is going. I have plans to take it there as well.

More good stuff here: https://github.com/chocolatey/chocolatey/wiki/DevelopmentEnvironmentSetup

The one in the wiki has added a bit of user interaction with default answers after a timeout so they can be run unattended.

More updated example here: https://gist.github.com/ferventcoder/3825023

I'm new to Ruby, and am confused by this this part of the script:

#restore the nuget packages
$nugetConfigs = Get-ChildItem '.\' -Recurse | ?{$_.name -match "packages\.config"} | select
foreach ($nugetConfig in $nugetConfigs) {
  Write-Host "restoring packages from $($nugetConfig.FullName)"
  nuget install $($nugetConfig.FullName) /OutputDirectory packages
}

Is this for a ruby development environment that is using nuget to manage the gems? I would think that a recursive call to Bundler would be more common. Or is this for some other purpose?