Intro to Make @JaceBrowning 

What is Make? ● Build automation tool ○ Builds executable programs from source code ○ Update files automatically when related files change ● Initial release: 1977 ● Filename: Makefile ○ Targets ○ Components ○ Commands 

barcamp: barcamp.c gcc -o barcamp barcamp.c $ make barcamp 

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Motivation 

Arguments against Grunt, Gulp, etc. ● Bootstrapping problem ● Limited dependency tracking ● Project switching overhead ○ How do I install the dependencies? ○ How do I run the tests? 

Arguments for Make ● Ubiquitous ● Stable ● Self-contained ● Established conventions ○ make ○ make test ○ make clean 

Advantages of Standardizing ● Reduced project switching overhead ● Shared Continuous Integration configuration ● Easier build debugging 

before_script: - git submodule update --init --recursive - ./set_token.sh - bundle install script: - bundle exec rake secure_pipeline:network_attack - bundle exec rake secure_pipeline:ssl_attack - bundle exec rake secure_pipeline:xss - bundle exec rake secure_pipeline:information_leakage - bundle exec rake secure_pipeline:sql_injection before_script: - make script: - make ci 

Features 

Files and Timestamps ● Create missing files ● Traverse dependency chains ● Update files when dependencies are newer 

Variables ● CONSTANT := value ● LAZY = $(shell ls *.py) ● OPTIONAL ?= value2 ○ make OPTIONAL=value3 

Automatic Variables ● $@ ● $< ● $^ https://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/html_node/Automatic-Variables.html 

Demo 

Thanks! @JaceBrowning