Bake Syntax Specification

YAML Syntax in general

This is a (very) brief introduction to YAML as a configuration language. Because to write a bake script, you use the YAML. YAML is a very simple language, that nontheless allows you to be very expressive. Here are the basics of YAML that you need to understand to write Bake scripts.

Key-value pairs

color: blue

Child properties

You can define child/sub properties

car:
   wheels: 4
   color: blue
   roof: yes

Lists

You can define lists:

cars:
  - Volvo
  - Volkwagen
  - Chrysler
  - Ford
  - Mazda

Json

You can write this:

people:
  - firstname: John
    lastname: Smith

also as inlined json:

people:
   - { firstname: John, lastname: Smith }

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YAML

And each item an a list, can be either a value, or just another YAML structure, so it can have it's own properties and sub-properties:

cars:

  • car: Volvo color: green

  • car: Volkwagen color: blue wheels: 4


There is more to YAML, but this is enough to get you started with **Bake**. For more information there is more than enough you can find online.
- Yaml Specification: https://yaml.org/spec/1.2.2/

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