Automating the build and deployment tasks using Cake allows you to avoid issues and headaches associated with project deployments. A build script usually contains the steps and logic required to build and deploy the source code alongside configuration files and other artifacts of a project.
Using the sample build.cake file available on the Cake resource repository can be a starting point for writing a build script for a project. However, to achieve more, we will walk through some basic Cake concepts that can facilitate writing robust scripts for automating build and deployment tasks.