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Makefile Tutorial Part 1: Basic make Rules, Targets & Clean

November 14, 2025 by Garry Chen 101
Makefile Tutorial

This first Makefile tutorial walks through how make works using a small C project example. You’ll learn the core rule syntax—targets, prerequisites, and recipes—plus how to use variables, implicit rules, clean targets, and included makefiles to get fast, incremental builds and a clean project structure.

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