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GNU Make

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GNU Make is an open source and free build automation tool.

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The venerable UNG Make: An ancient build tool that works great and is still better than most alternatives

Incentivized
Jonathan YuView profile
Transmission Planning Software Engineer in Engineering at Smart Wires Inc. (201-500 employees employees)

Pros

  • Dependency tracking (only re-build files if needed)
  • Simple to integrate with existing command-line tools

Cons

  • No dependency management tools (but there are no cross-platform tools of this type anyway)
  • Tedious to do cross-compilation (Debug & Release builds, 32- and 64-bit builds, x86/ARM builds)

Return on Investment

  • Easier to onboard new developers
  • Straightforward integration with CI/CD systems

Alternatives Considered

Apache Maven and Gradle

GNU Make evaluation

Incentivized
Verified User
Director in Research & Development (51-200 employees employees)

Pros

  • Performance and accuracy of cross-module dependencies.
  • Simple to write and easy to understand.

Cons

  • Constrained by the tab to start for command.
  • Cannot append something on the end of a variable.

Return on Investment

  • Streamline the build based on a lot of existing component being done, reusable.
  • Commonly understandable, therefore, rampup effort is small.

Alternatives Considered

Gradle and AWS CodePipeline

Other Software Used

Gradle, AWS CodePipeline