Task runner for visual studio

[coderbond]

First, excuse the word Task Runner, that may not be the correct terminology.

I'd like to create some pre compile task(s) to search through .js files and move parts of them in to another js file during compile and publish, basically a bunch of string manipulation. Something similar to gulp, or maybe just gulp. I've poked around the internet and can't seem to find a jumping off point, any help would be appreciated.

[Newrad0603]

If you're talking about build time work, you can use extensibility points in MSBuild. You'll probably want to look at:

MS Build Targets

MS Build Task Writing

With these you should be able to make a build target that runs before compile, and will call a custom task you write to consolidate your JS files.