You can write your build scripts in F# with the excellent Fake library or Cake for a similar C# DSL. It gives you the same IDE experience for your build script

You can write your build scripts in F# with the excellent Fake library or Cake for a similar C# DSL. It gives you the same IDE experience for your build scripts and your code including REPL for experiments and a debugger when needed. since it is .NET Core they are as cross platform as your other code.