Build Languages

MPS has a group of languages responsible for build process. Those languages are:

• jetbrains.mps.buildlanguage (build language) – an MPS counterpart of Apache Ant;
• jetbrains.mps.build.property (property language) – an extension to build language designed for writing property files;
• jetbrains.mps.build.packaging (packaging language) – a high-level language for building software packages, including languages made in MPS.
• jetbrains.mps.build.custommps (custom mps language) – an extension to packaging language, allowing to build your own custom MPS distribution.

Table of contents

• Build Language
  • Features
    • Typesystem
    • Expressions
    • External properties
  • Using Build Language
    • Running build language project
• Packaging language
  • Language structure
    • Defining Build Structure
    • Build configurations
    • Variables
    • Language elements table
  • Using packaging language
    • Generating build scripts for your project
    • Generating files from build script
    • Running build scripts
• Custom MPS language
  • Building custom MPS for your project
    • Creating custom MPS build script using a wizard
    • Running custom MPS build script from MPS
    • Running custom MPS build script manually
    • Build results

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