Universal C/Cpp makefile

Makefile

# Universal C/Cpp makefile
# Source: https://sites.google.com/site/michaelsafyan/software-engineering/how-to-write-a-makefile

program_NAME := server
program_C_SRCS := $(wildcard *.c)
program_CXX_SRCS := $(wildcard *.cpp)
program_C_OBJS := ${program_C_SRCS:.c=.o}
program_CXX_OBJS := ${program_CXX_SRCS:.cpp=.o}
program_OBJS := $(program_C_OBJS) $(program_CXX_OBJS)
program_INCLUDE_DIRS :=
program_LIBRARY_DIRS :=
program_LIBRARIES :=

CPPFLAGS += $(foreach includedir,$(program_INCLUDE_DIRS),-I$(includedir))
LDFLAGS += $(foreach librarydir,$(program_LIBRARY_DIRS),-L$(librarydir))
LDFLAGS += $(foreach library,$(program_LIBRARIES),-l$(library))

.PHONY: all clean distclean

all: $(program_NAME)

$(program_NAME): $(program_OBJS)
	$(CC) $(program_OBJS) -o $(program_NAME)

clean:
	@- $(RM) $(program_NAME)
	@- $(RM) $(program_OBJS)

distclean: clean

From now on I won't be googling like crazy for sensible makefile every time a program I write reaches beyond 100 lines. I hope.