Makefile Blog

Abstract

1. Introduction

Makefile-Blog is a static blog website generator written in makefile with various tools. The makefile blog creates index, post index and rss files from the blog posts you wrote.

Running Makefile-Blog first requires you to create posts directory. After creating the posts directory, anything you put under it without an extension is a blog file. Spaces are not used, instead underscores are used which are later replaced.

Also, building individual pages is parallelization compatible. So running with make -j8 is possible.

2. Objective

A static blog website generator written in makefile with various tools.

This project demonstrates how HTML can be applied to a real-world Full Stack Web Development problem.

4. Technology Stack

5. System Requirements

General requirements for this technology stack — check the README for exact versions.

• A modern web browser
• VS Code or any code editor
• Git (to clone the repository)

6. Installation & Setup

git clone https://github.com/ozy/makefile-blog.git
cd makefile-blog

Full setup instructions are in the project README.

7. Future Enhancements

Suggested extensions you can add to make this your own project.

• Add role-based access control
• Deploy on a VPS or cPanel hosting with a custom domain
• Add automated tests and a CI pipeline

8. Viva / Review Questions

Common questions examiners ask for projects in this domain.

1. Explain the frontend, backend and database layers of this application.
2. How is user authentication and authorisation implemented?
3. Describe the main database tables / collections and their relationships.
4. Which REST APIs or routes are exposed and what do they return?
5. How would you deploy this application to production?

9. Source Code & License

This project is developed by ozy and published on GitHub under the GNU General Public License v2.0. Please follow the license terms and credit the original author when you use or modify this code.