QoL feature to make building the example code binaries easier (#15)

.gitignore

@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@
 # Test binary, build with `go test -c`
 *.test
 
+#Example executables
+examples/bin
+
 # Output of the go coverage tool, specifically when used with LiteIDE
 *.out
 # Swap

Makefile

@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+EXAMPLES_DIR:=./examples
+GO_EXAMPLES_GO_MAINS:=$(wildcard $(EXAMPLES_DIR)/*/main.go)
+EXAMPLES:=$(basename $(notdir $(patsubst %/,%,$(dir $(GO_EXAMPLES_GO_MAINS)))))
+EXAMPLES_BIN_DIR:=$(EXAMPLES_DIR)/bin
+
 help:
 	@grep -E '^[a-zA-Z_-]+:.*?## .*$$' $(MAKEFILE_LIST) | sort | cut -d":" -f2,3 | awk 'BEGIN {FS = ":.*?## "}; {printf "\033[32m%-30s\033[0m %s\n", $$1, $$2}'
 
@@ -18,4 +23,19 @@ all-checks: lint ## run all formatters
 	go mod tidy
 	go vet ./...
 
+.PHONY: build-examples
+build-examples: $(EXAMPLES)
+	@echo "Done!"
+
+.PHONY:$(EXAMPLES)
+.SECONDEXPANSION:
+$(EXAMPLES):
+	@mkdir -p $(EXAMPLES_BIN_DIR)
+	@echo "Building example: $@"
+	@go build -o ./examples/bin/$@ ./examples/$@/main.go
+
+.PHONY: clean
+clean:
+	rm -rf $(EXAMPLES_BIN_DIR)
+
 -include lint.mk