A short example of a make.bat file for windows or a make.sh file for linux

make_example.bat

rem Windows Batch is bad.
@echo off

rem Save line space
set msvcdir="C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\VC\Auxiliary\Build\"

rem get compiler in our current path
if not defined DevEnvDir call %msvcdir%vcvars64.bat >nul

rem Note: you can also use the "visual studio command prompt" that comes 
rem installed with visual studio; this part is so that you can use a 
rem make.bat file with vim's :make -> nnoremap <leader><Space> :silent make

rem invoke the compiler w/ cl-style arguments

cl.exe /nologo ^
	/Iusr/include ^
	/Zi ^
	main.c ^
	/Febin\MyProgram.exe ^
	/Fdbin\MyProgram.pdb ^
/link /nologo ^
	/LIBPATH:usr/lib ^
	SDL2.lib ^
	SDL2main.lib ^
	/INCREMENTAL:NO ^
	/SUBSYSTEM:CONSOLE

REM cl explanation:
REM nologo: disables "Microsoft Optimizing Compiler..."
REM TC: globally use C language -- /TP for global C++
REM W3: enable warning level 3
REM Gd: use cdecl calling convention. Gr is fastcall, Gz is stdcall, Gv is vectorcall 
REM GS-: disable buffer security checks
REM Gs****: set maximum size of local variables before there's a stack probe
REM Gm-: disables minimal rebuild
REM fp:fast: use fast floating point
REM EHsc: Only catch C++ exceptions, extern "C" will never throw a C++ execption
REM MTd: statically link against CRT (debug), MD is dynamic link. LD creates a dll
REM wd****: warning disable
REM D****: define ****. Use /Dname#value for numeric values
REM Fe: rename executable (File executable)
REM Fd: rename pdb (File database)
REM link explanation:
REM ****.lib: library to link against
REM SUBSYSTEM:****: use WINDOWS or CONSOLE
REM nologo: same as above
REM INCREMENTAL:NO: don't do incremental linking or generate ikl files

#pretend we're in a make.sh file now
# clang or gcc
clang \
	-x c \
	--std==c11 \
	-Iusr/include \
	-g \
	main.c \
	-o bin\MyProgram.exe \
	-Lusr/lib \
	-lm \
	-lSDL2 \
	-lSDL2main \

# -x specify language, c or c++
# -g enable debugging
# -lm is link to math library
# -o is output