This course will give an introduction to creating/modifying Makefiles. 

Programme

• Make introduction
• Makefile introduction
• Automation
• Data and the code: updating pipeline
• Creating pattern rules
• Variables and functions
• Documenting Makefiles
• This course provides hands-on sessions 

Learning Objectives 

• Understanding make operation
• Being able to write own Makefiles 

Target group & Prior Knowledge

• KU Leuven staff, Association KU Leuven staff, students, externals (VSC)
• This course is primarily targeted at current VSC-users.
• Participants should have a programming experience in C/C++ or Fortran.
  Having a basic knowledge of Linux is expected (if not please follow first the Linux-introduction course). Users that want to work on VSC account should  already have a VSC account created and should have followed HPC introduction and Linux for HPC or should have the equivalent knowledge.