Windows 96 Development Toolchain

The Windows 96 Development Toolchain running in Windows96.

The Windows 96 Development Toolchain (WDT) is a build system developed by the Windows 96 Team in 2023. It addresses the need for an efficient build system for system apps within the Windows 96 environment. This toolchain was created to overcome limitations of the old builder, providing enhanced performance, project management, and portability. WDT follows the principle of "eating your own dog food" where the system is used to build itself.

WDT runs on Windows, MacOS, Linux and Windows 96 itself.

Features

WDT offers a range of features designed to streamline the app development process within the Windows 96 ecosystem:

• Project Management: Create, manage, and compile app projects seamlessly.
• Preprocessing: Perform operations like handling includes and defining directives.
• Portability: Build projects on various systems without strict location or OS constraints.
• Concurrency: Leverage CPU concurrency to accelerate project builds.
• Task Management: Manage the build process using WMakefiles.
• Modernization: Replaces the outdated previous build system with a more efficient and user-friendly solution.

Commands

Here are all the WDT commands:

Command Name	Argument(s)		Description
build	Project Path	Output Path	Builds a project
version			Gets the current toolchain version
preproc	In Path	Out Path	Runs a file through the source preprocessor
help	Command		Gets command help (or general CLI help without the command parameter)
make	Path		Runs a makefile (WMakefile) in the current directory or the specified path
minify	Input	Output	Minifies JavaScript code
project init	Project Path	--template Template Name	Inits a project at the path (from a template if specified)
project import			Not implemented yet