Is there a thread, lesson, course etc on writing and understanding makefiles?

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Is there a thread, lesson, course etc on writing and understanding makefiles? I only know them in the context of c and c++ programming. Are they also used in different contexts? Should I include other relevant tags to this question? I think that makefiles are really helpful, but often it is rather complicated to understand them.
Thanks in advance.

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