LAB · GRAPH
Rebuild only what changed
Fix a Makefile that rebuilds everything and prove incremental behaviour.
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Makefiles Training
Live online and corporate onsite batches in expressing build steps as a dependency graph that rebuilds only what changed — every session is a live demo in a real lab environment, not slides.
★ 4.8 / 5 from 2,300+ ratings18,000+ engineers certifiedTrained teams at JPMorgan Chase, Verizon, Nokia, World Bank
Next batch—
TimezoneIST (UTC+5:30)
Modules4
Hands-on labs3
Engineers we've trained work atJPMorgan Chase · Bank of America · Wells Fargo · Verizon · Nokia · World Bank · GE Healthcare · VMware · Oracle · Qualcomm · Mercedes-Benz · Airbus · Datadog · Splunk · Deloitte · Infosys · Wipro · Capgemini
# upcoming batches
When the next Makefiles batch runs
Times shown in IST (UTC+5:30). New cohorts start on the 1st of every month.
| Starts | Days & time | Timezone | Mode | Duration | Seats | Enrol |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| —Most popular | Weekend · Sat · Sun 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM | IST (UTC+5:30) | Live online · Corporate onsite | 5 weekends | — of 10 left | Reserve |
| — | Weekday · Mon · Wed · Fri 8:00 – 10:00 PM | IST (UTC+5:30) | Live online · Corporate onsite | 5 weeks | — of 10 left | Reserve |
Batches are capped at 10 learners by design.Need a date that isn't listed? Talk to us about a private batch →
# how you attend
Four ways to take this training
Live online
Individuals, anywhere
Scheduled instructor-led batch. Every session is a live demo in a real lab, and every session is recorded.
Reserve my seatCorporate onsite
Teams of 8–30
Custom agenda built from your stack, delivered at your office or online, in your timezone. NDA-friendly, invoiced against a PO.
Request a quoteSelf-paced video
Self-starters
The full recorded curriculum plus a year of the entire LMS — 20+ courses and 50+ tools, not just this one.
Enroll now# private batches
Private corporate batch for your team
We start with a discovery call, map your stack to the modules below, and drop anything your team already runs in production. Delivery is at your office, online, or hybrid — in your timezone, scheduled around your release calendar.
- Custom agenda built from your stack, not a fixed syllabus
- Teams of 8–30; larger cohorts split into parallel batches
- Recordings, lab repos and per-attendee certificates
- Attendance and assessment report for your L&D team
- PO, GST invoice and NDA handled before delivery
Already know what you need?
Send us the tools, the team size and a rough window. You'll get an agenda and a quote back, not a sales call.
# the subject
What is Makefiles?
Makefiles describe how to build a target from its prerequisites. Make compares timestamps and runs a recipe when something is out of date. That model is fifty years old and still unmatched for simplicity: any project in any language can be driven by it, and the same Makefile works on a laptop and in CI. The practical difficulty is that Make is genuinely quirky — tab-sensitive recipes, two kinds of variable assignment, shell invocation per line, and pattern rules that are powerful and cryptic. Learning it properly means learning those rules rather than copying a Makefile and editing it until it works.
Why it's in demand now
Make has had a strong revival as the common entry point to a project — one file with build, test, lint and run targets, so a new engineer needs one command rather than a wiki page, and CI runs the same targets a developer does. Being able to write a clean, self-documenting Makefile is a small skill with a disproportionate effect on a team.
# outcomes
What you'll be able to do
Write rules with correct prerequisites so incremental builds actually work
Use variables, pattern rules and functions without cargo-culting
Write phony and self-documenting targets a team will use
Debug why a target rebuilds every time, or never
Use one Makefile as the shared entry point for local work and CI
# curriculum
4 modules. Live demos in a real lab, not slides.
Every module follows the same shape: 5 hrs · 2 assignments · 1 capstone.
01FoundationsLive & Interactive
GNU Make, Pattern rules, Phony targets
02Core practiceLive & Interactive
Shell, CI/CD, Docker
03Production operationsLive & Interactive
Write rules with correct prerequisites so incremental builds actually work, Use variables, pattern rules and functions without cargo-culting, Write phony and self-documenting targets a team will use
04Scale, security and troubleshootingLive & Interactive
Write rules with correct prerequisites so incremental builds actually work, Use variables, pattern rules and functions without cargo-culting, Write phony and self-documenting targets a team will use
★Final certification examLive & Interactive
Open-book, scenario-based, taken in the LMS. Two free re-attempts and detailed feedback.
# hands-on
3 labs you build on your own cloud account
We don't hand out a sandbox that expires. You provision your own free-tier environment with our guidance, so the setup skill goes with you.
LAB · ENTRY
One command to onboard
Write a self-documenting Makefile that replaces a page of setup instructions.
LAB · CI
Same targets everywhere
Drive the CI pipeline through the same Makefile a developer uses locally.
# toolchain
The tools you'll actually touch
GNU MakePattern rulesPhony targetsShellCI/CDDocker
Who this is for
- Developers standardising project commands
- Build engineers simplifying entry points
- Teams whose onboarding involves a long wiki page
- Engineers working across polyglot repositories
Pre-requisites
- Comfortable on a Linux or macOS shell
- Understanding of how your project builds
- Basic shell scripting
How you're assessed
- Two assignments per module, reviewed by the instructor
- One capstone per module, pushed to your own GitHub
- 3 hours · online · open-book · scenario-based
- Two free re-attempts, with feedback
# pricing
Pick the level of support that fits
Self-paced video
₹833/mo
billed yearly ₹9,996
All recorded sessions, labs and the full LMS — at your own pace.
- Full 100+ hour recorded curriculum
- Hands-on capstones on your own cloud lab
- 1-year access — recordings, labs and updates
- 3-hr online open-book exam
- Certificate on completion
- Lifetime forum support
- Full LMS access — 20+ courses & 50+ tools
MOST POPULAR
Live & Interactive
₹34,999₹49,999SAVE 30%
works out to ₹2,917/moIllustrative monthly equivalent. The full amount is charged once at enrolment; we do not offer instalments.
5-week live cohort plus the complete LMS bundle.
- Everything in Self-paced
- 5-week cohort · 60+ hrs live instructor classes
- Weekly mentor office hours
- Cohort community and alumni access
- Capstone code review by the instructor
- Exam preparation and mock papers
- Lifetime forum support
- Full LMS access — 20+ courses & 50+ tools
1-on-1 Mentorship
₹99,999
works out to ₹8,333/moIllustrative monthly equivalent. The full amount is charged once at enrolment; we do not offer instalments.
A dedicated senior practitioner. Pace, schedule and labs tailored to you.
- Everything in Live & Interactive
- Private 1-on-1 instructor on your schedule
- Custom curriculum and labs for your stack
- Résumé and LinkedIn review
- Mock interview and salary negotiation prep
- Priority response from the instructor
- Lifetime forum support
- Full LMS access — 20+ courses & 50+ tools
+ GST 18% as applicable · Prices are charged in INR.
Cohort-cancellation refund
If we cancel or postpone a cohort and you decline the rescheduled session, you get a 100% refund within 15 days. Refund policy →
Terms & course material
Recordings, slides and lab repos are licensed to you for your own learning. Terms →
Your data stays with us
We don't share your details with third parties. Privacy →
# who teaches it
Taught by practitioners who run this in production
Rajesh Kumar — Principal DevOps Engineer & Architect
Twenty years across DevOps, SRE and security, in principal and architect roles at PayPay, SoftwareAG, ServiceNow, Intuit, Adobe and IBM. Has personally trained more than 10,000 engineers at JPMorgan Chase, Verizon, Nokia, the World Bank and dozens more. He teaches what he runs, not what he reads.
The wider faculty
# the credential
What you walk away with
- An industry-recognised digital certificate, verifiable on our site
- One capstone per module, public on your own GitHub
- A hard copy on request
- Lifetime access to the DevOpsSchool forum
Certificate of Completion
Your Name
Makefiles Training
DS-MAKEFI-XXXX-XXXX
# reviews
What learners say
4.8 / 5 from 2,300+ ratings.
Reviews for this program are being collected from public sources. Every review shown here links to the original.
# alternatives
How this compares
| What matters | YouTube + blogs | Generic online course | Local training institute | DevOpsSchool |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Teaching method | Unstructured, no sequence | Pre-recorded slides | Slide-led classroom | Live demos in a real lab |
| Batch size | n/a | Unlimited | 30–60 | Capped at 10 |
| Lab environment | Yours to figure out | Shared sandbox that expires | Shared lab | You build your own — the skill goes with you |
| Per-tool structure | None | Video only | Varies | 5 hrs · 2 assignments · 1 capstone |
| Assessment | None | Quiz | Attendance | 3 hours · online · open-book · scenario-based |
| Certificate | None | Auto-issued | Attendance certificate | Industry-recognised, verifiable |
| Corporate invoicing | No | Card only | Sometimes | PO, GST invoice, NDA |
| Post-training support | None | Forum for 30 days | None | Lifetime forum support |
| Total cost | Free, and it costs you months | Low, low completion | High | One fee, LMS included |
# questions
Frequently asked questions
Do you provide a lab environment for Makefiles?
No, and that is deliberate. You build the labs on your own free-tier account, and we walk through the setup and the cost guardrails in week one. A sandbox that expires when the course ends teaches you nothing you keep; your own environment does.
What if I miss a session?
Every session is recorded and available in the LMS the same day, and you keep access for a year. You can also sit the missed session again with the next cohort at no extra cost.
What do I need to know before starting Makefiles?
Comfortable on a Linux or macOS shell; Understanding of how your project builds; Basic shell scripting. If you are unsure whether you are ready, tell us what you work on now and we will give you a straight answer rather than a sales one.
Is there a certificate, and is it worth anything?
You get an industry-recognised DevOpsSchool certificate after the three-hour open-book exam. Most people find the capstone repositories carry more weight in an interview than the certificate itself, which is why the labs are built to be shown.
Can you run Makefiles as a private batch for our team?
Yes. We build the agenda from your stack after a discovery call and drop anything your team already runs in production. Teams of 8 to 30 work best; larger groups split into parallel batches.
What is your refund policy?
If we cancel or postpone a cohort and you decline the rescheduled session, you get a full refund within 15 days. We do not offer a general money-back guarantee, and taxes and gateway fees are not refunded.
Do you offer instalments or EMI?
No. The fee is charged once at enrolment. Where we show a monthly figure it is arithmetic to help you size the cost against a budget, not a payment plan.
Where is this delivered from, and in which timezone?
Sessions are taught from India in IST. The weekday cohort runs in the IST evening and the weekend cohort in the IST morning, and the batch table above converts both to your local time. Everything is recorded, so a difficult timezone is inconvenient rather than disqualifying.
Can I attend in person?
Only in Bengaluru and Hyderabad, where we have training centres, and only when six or more learners in that city book the same cohort. Everywhere else the same batch runs live online, or onsite at your office for a corporate group.
# elsewhere
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