Understanding MakeFile for STM32 app

Question

I am trying to develop an app on a STM32. I am a newbie and spending some time over how to build the environment to get started. On the internet , I found a source code for an app that runs on the same platform. But have no idea how to build and environment for this and build a bin file. I see the MakeFile but I dont understand much.

I would like to know whether I can reverse engineer the build environment by keenly understanding the make file. I am sorry If I sound really stupid. Any help in this matter would be highly appreciated.

Thank you for reading.

Answer 1

The general way to understand something that you don't know anything about is educating yourself about the subject. In the particular case I suggest reading the GNU make manual , which will teach you the basics and the more advanced parts of make operation and Makefile syntax.

O'Reilly also has a book, Managing Projects with GNU make (3rd ed.), if you like dead tree copies.