diff --git a/services/chat/rakefile.rb b/services/chat/rakefile.rb
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--- a/services/chat/rakefile.rb
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-namespace "run" do
-end
-
-namespace "test" do
-	desc "Run the unit tests"
-	task :unit => ["compile:unittests"] do
-		puts "Running unit tests"
-		featurePath = ENV['feature']
-		puts featurePath
-		if featurePath.nil?
-			featurePath = ''
-		elsif featurePath.include? '/'
-		elsif !featurePath.include? '/'
-			featurePath +='/'
-		else
-			featurePath = ''
-		end
-		runner = ENV['MOCHA_RUNNER'] || "spec"
-		sh %{mocha -R #{runner} test/unit/js/#{featurePath}* --ignore-leaks} do |ok, res|
-			if ! ok
-				raise "error running unit tests : #{res}"
-			end
-		end
-		
-	end
-end
-
-namespace "compile" do
-	desc "Compile server and client coffeescript files"
-	task :app => ["compile:serverApp", "compile:clientApp"]
-
-	desc "Compile the main serverside app folder"
-	task :serverApp do
-		puts "Compiling app"
-		sh %{coffee -o app/js/ -c app/coffee/} do |ok, res|
-			if ! ok
-				raise "error compiling app folder: #{res}"
-			end
-			puts 'Finished server app compile'
-		end
-		sh %{coffee -c app.coffee} do |ok, res|
-			if ! ok
-				raise "error compiling app file: #{res}"
-			end
-			puts 'Finished app.coffee compile'
-		end
-	end
-
-	desc "Compile the main client app folder"
-	task :clientApp do
-		puts "Compiling client app"
-		sh %{coffee -o public/js/ -c public/coffee/} do |ok, res|
-			if ! ok
-				raise "error compiling client app folder: #{res}"
-			end
-		end
-		sh %{mkdir -p public/js/html}
-		sh %{mkdir -p public/js/css}
-		sh %{jade < public/jade/templates.jade > public/js/html/templates.html} do |ok, res|
-			if !ok
-				raise "error compiling jade templates: #{res}"
-			end
-		end
-		sh %{lessc - < public/less/chat.less > public/js/css/chat.css} do |ok, res|
-			if !ok
-				raise "error compiling css: #{res}"
-			end
-		end
-	end
-
-	desc "compress the js"
-	task :compressAndCompileJs do
-		sh %{node public/js/r.js -o public/app.build.js} do |ok, res|
-			if ! ok
-				raise "error compiling client app folder: #{res}"
-			end
-		end
-		puts "Finished client app compile"
-	end
-
-	desc "Compile the unit tests folder"
-	task :unittests => ["compile:serverApp"] do
-		puts "Compiling Unit Tests to JS"
-		sh %{coffee -c -o test/unit/js/ test/unit/coffee/} do |ok, res|
-			if ! ok
-				raise "error compiling Unit tests : #{res}"
-			end
-		end
-	end
-end
-
-namespace 'bootstrap' do
-	desc "Creates a new Feature and module, and corresponding test framework file"
-	task :feature, :feature_name, :module_name do |task, args|
-		feature_name = args[:feature_name]
-		module_name  = args[:module_name]
-		FileUtils.mkdir_p("app/coffee/Features/#{feature_name}")
-		File.open("app/coffee/Features/#{feature_name}/#{module_name}.coffee", "w") { |f|
-			f.write(<<-EOS
-module.exports = #{module_name} =
-			EOS
-			)
-		}
-		FileUtils.mkdir_p("test/unit/coffee/#{feature_name}")
-		File.open("test/unit/coffee/#{feature_name}/#{module_name}Tests.coffee", "w") { |f|
-			f.write(<<-EOS
-sinon = require('sinon')
-chai = require('chai')
-should = chai.should()
-expect = chai.expect
-modulePath = "../../../../app/js/Features/#{feature_name}/#{module_name}.js"
-SandboxedModule = require('sandboxed-module')
-events = require "events"
-
-
-describe "#{module_name}", ->
-	beforeEach ->
-		@#{module_name} = SandboxedModule.require modulePath, requires:
-
-			EOS
-			)
-		}
-	end
-end