Goatlib - A task scheduler
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Goatlib is a task manager, mainly used in the `python testing
infrastructure <http://pyti.org>`_.

A task-manager goal is to execute "simple" actions, managing the execution
order for you regarding a number of things.

All the concepts of goatlib are described into
:doc:`terminology page <concept_terminology>`. Basically, you have three main
things to be aware of:

 * Tasks represent the "simple" actions (:ref:`tasks-steps`).
 * A Scheduler conducts the execution of the tasks (:ref:`scheduler`).
 * Item are returned by the tasks and represents information exchanges between
   them (:ref:`item`).

Which tasks have to be executed, and how is described into a recipe.

Goatlib uses `goatlog <http://goatlog.rtfd.org>`_ to format execution information.
You can check its documentaion to read about how the execution information are
returned and how to parse it.

.. toctree::
   :maxdepth: 2

   concept_terminology
   create_your_own
   more_control
   exemples
   api
   design