How We Use Make

Re:How We Use Make by seanwilson on Friday April 03, 2015 @10:07PM (#9319612)

Well I did say "in my opinion". I didn't find this code from the post readable for example (and this comment is directed at Make and not the script writer):

BIN := ./node_modules/.bin

UGLIFY ?= $(BIN)/uglify-js

UGLIFY_FLAGS ?= --screw-ie8

build/%.min.js: build/%.js

  @$(UGLIFY) $(UGLIFY_FLAGS) $< > $@

I find all Makefiles end up containing code like this where it makes sense when you write it but when returning to it a few weeks later you don't understand what it does anymore.

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Re:How We Use Make by empthought on Friday April 03, 2015 @10:18PM (#9319642)

No code is readable if you don't bother to understand the language. That code right there is pretty bog-standard and frankly much easier to read than the Grunt equivalent.

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Re:How We Use Make by golergka on Saturday April 04, 2015 @04:13AM (#9320340)

Honest question: what was hard to understand in this code?

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