Set up basic C++ project

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+# INCLUDE is where you find the headerfiles for the libs you're using. They are used during compilation.
+INCLUDE=-I /usr/include/boost/
+
+# LIBDIR is where you can find the linkable objects or whatever. They are used for the linking stage.
+LIBDIR=-L /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/
+
+# LIBS are the libs you are using written with a -l and then ignoring the lib-part at the beginning of the file's name.
+# So "libboost_date_time.a" will be just "-lboost_date_time"
+LIBS=-lboost_date_time
+
+# Sources are the source code files. Only the .cpp files, becuase the .h files are included into them during pre-processing.
+SOURCES=$(wildcard src/*.cpp)
+OBJDIR=obj/
+OBJECTS=$(patsubst src/%.cpp, $(OBJDIR)%.o, $(SOURCES))
+# This last line creates an identical list of objects based on the list of .cpp files.
+
+a.out: $(OBJECTS)
+	g++ $(LIBDIR) $(LIBS) $(OBJECTS)
+
+$(OBJECTS): obj/%.o : src/%.cpp
+	g++ $(INCLUDE) -c $< -o $@
+
+clean:
+	rm obj/*.o
+
+cleanall:
+	rm obj/*.o a.out