#1 most frequent
United States of America
56.6%180 installations of 318
What is GNU Make?
GNU Make is an open source and free build automation tool.
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#2 most frequent
Germany
9.1%29 installations of 318
#3 most frequent
India
5.0%16 installations of 318
The venerable UNG Make: An ancient build tool that works great and is still better than most alternatives
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
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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