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+from invoke import task
+import glob
+
+bin_sources = [
+        'bin/ascoltami2',
+        'bin/captureDevice',
+        'bin/collector',
+        'bin/collector_loadtest.py',
+        'bin/effecteval',
+        'bin/effectsequencer',
+        'bin/homepageConfig',
+        'bin/inputdemo',
+        'bin/inputquneo',
+        'bin/keyboardcomposer',
+        'bin/listsongs',
+        'bin/musicPad',
+        'bin/musictime',
+        'bin/paintserver',
+        'bin/picamserve',
+        'bin/rdfdb',
+        'bin/run_local.py',
+        'bin/subcomposer',
+        'bin/subserver',
+        'bin/vidref',
+        'bin/vidrefsetup',
+        'bin/wavecurve',
+    ]
+def pkg_sources():
+    return glob.glob('light9/**/*.py', recursive=True)
+
+@task
+def mypy(ctx):
+    def run(sources):
+        ss = ' '.join(sources)
+        ctx.run(f'MYPYPATH=stubs env/bin/mypy --check-untyped-defs {ss}',
+                pty=True, warn=True)
+
+    sources = ' '.join(bin_sources + pkg_sources())
+    ctx.run(f'env/bin/flake8 --ignore=E115,E123,E124,E126,E225,E231,E261,E262,E265,E301,E302,E303,E305,E306,E401,E402,E501,E701,E731,W291,W293,W391,W504 {sources}', warn=True)
+
+    sources = ' '.join(pkg_sources())
+    for src in bin_sources:
+        print(f"mypy {src}")
+        run([src])# + pkg_sources())
+@task
+def reformat(ctx):
+    ctx.run("env/bin/yapf --verbose --parallel --in-place --style google light9/**/*.py `file --no-pad  bin/* | grep 'Python script' | perl -lpe 's/:.*//'`")
+    
+@task
+def test(ctx):
+    ctx.run('docker build -f Dockerfile.build -t light9_build:latest .')
+    ctx.run('docker run --rm -it -v `pwd`:/opt light9_build:latest'
+            ' nose2 -v light9.currentstategraphapi_test light9.graphfile_test',
+            pty=True)