diff --git a/01-basics/Makefile b/01-basics/Makefile
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+# Makefile for the 'basic' example
+
+include ../include/make/init.mk
+
+start: ## Start the example
+	@printf "\n\033[1;33m%s\033[0m\n\n" "Starting the example..."
+	@docker compose up
+
+cleanup: ## Cleanup any stopped containers
+	@printf "\n\033[1;33m%s\033[0m\n\n" "Cleaning up stopped containers..."
+	@docker compose down
diff --git a/01-basics/README.md b/01-basics/README.md
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+++ b/01-basics/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# 01 Basic
+
+1. Run `make start` or `docker compose up`.
+2. See the Docker "Hello World" message printed to the console.
+3. Run `make cleanup` or `docker compose down`.
diff --git a/01-basics/docker-compose.yml b/01-basics/docker-compose.yml
index 4682964..b45a06c 100644
--- a/01-basics/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/01-basics/docker-compose.yml
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 ## This is a basic Docker Compose file
 
-## Version of the Docker Compose file
+## Version of the Compose specification you're using in this file (optional)
 version: '3.7'
 
 ## Service definitions
 services:
+  ## Service name
   hello-world:
+    ## Image to use
     image: hello-world
diff --git a/02-service-config/Makefile b/02-service-config/Makefile
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+++ b/02-service-config/Makefile
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+# Makefile for the 'service-config' example
+
+include ../include/make/init.mk
+
+start: ## Start services
+	@printf "\n\033[1;33m%s\033[0m\n\n" "Starting services..."
+	@docker compose up -d
+
+restart: ## Restart Docker services
+	@printf "\n\033[1;33m%s\033[0m\n\n" "Restarting services..."
+	@docker compose restart
+
+stop: ## Stop services
+	@printf "\n\033[1;33m%s\033[0m\n\n" "Stopping services..."
+	@docker compose down
diff --git a/02-service-config/README.md b/02-service-config/README.md
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+++ b/02-service-config/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# 02 Service Configuration
+
+1. Run `make start` or `docker compose up -d`.
+2. Go to [http://localhost:4000](http://localhost:4000) in your web browser.
+3. See the "Hello world!" message printed in your browser.
+4. Run `make stop` or `docker compose down`.
+
+- You shouldn't be able to get to [http://localhost:3000](http://localhost:3000) in your web browser.
+    - Even though our Node.js server is listening on port 3000, our Docker service publishes to port 4000 on the host.
diff --git a/02-service-config/docker-compose.yml b/02-service-config/docker-compose.yml
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+++ b/02-service-config/docker-compose.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+## This is a Compose file with a service configuration
+
+services:
+  node:
+    ## Image to use, with a specific tag
+    image: node:20
+
+    ## User to run the container as
+    ## This is a user that exists in the image
+    user: node
+
+    ## Volumes to mount to the container
+    ## The first path is the host path, the second is the container path
+    ## The dot (.) represents the current directory
+    volumes:
+      - .:/home/node/app
+
+    ## Set the working directory inside the container
+    working_dir: /home/node/app
+
+    ## Publish ports from the container to the host
+    ## This lets you access the service from your own machine, e.g. through a browser
+    ## The first port is the host port, the second is the container port
+    ports:
+      - 4000:3000
+
+    ## Command to run when the container starts
+    command: npm start
diff --git a/02-service-config/package.json b/02-service-config/package.json
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index 0000000..ee3a894
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+++ b/02-service-config/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+    "private": true,
+    "name": "example-service-config",
+    "scripts": {
+        "start": "node server.js"
+    }
+}
diff --git a/02-service-config/server.js b/02-service-config/server.js
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+++ b/02-service-config/server.js
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+const { createServer } = require('node:http');
+
+const hostname = '0.0.0.0';
+const port = 3000;
+
+const server = createServer((req, res) => {
+  res.statusCode = 200;
+  res.setHeader('Content-Type', 'text/plain');
+  res.end('Hello World!');
+});
+
+server.listen(port, hostname, () => {
+  console.log(`Server running at http://${hostname}:${port}/`);
+});
diff --git a/03-networking/Makefile b/03-networking/Makefile
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+++ b/03-networking/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+# Makefile for the 'networking' example
+
+include ../include/make/init.mk
+
+start: ## Start services
+	@printf "\n\033[1;33m%s\033[0m\n\n" "Starting services..."
+	@docker compose up -d
+
+restart: ## Restart Docker services
+	@printf "\n\033[1;33m%s\033[0m\n\n" "Restarting services..."
+	@docker compose restart
+
+stop: ## Stop services
+	@printf "\n\033[1;33m%s\033[0m\n\n" "Stopping services..."
+	@docker compose down
diff --git a/03-networking/README.md b/03-networking/README.md
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+++ b/03-networking/README.md
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+# 03 Networking
+
+1. Run `make start` or `docker compose up -d`.
+2. Go to [http://localhost:4000](http://localhost:4000) in your web browser.
+3. See the backend's message printed in your browser.
+4. Run `make stop` or `docker compose down`.
+
+- You shouldn't be able to get to [http://localhost:3000](http://localhost:3000) in your web browser.
+    - Even though our Node.js server is listening on port 3000, our Docker service publishes to port 4000 on the host.
+- You shouldn't be able to get to [http://localhost:5000](http://localhost:5000) either.
+    - Our backend service doesn't publish **any** ports to the host - but it does expose it to the frontend service.
+    - This means the frontend service can talk to our backend, but no one else can.
diff --git a/03-networking/backend/package.json b/03-networking/backend/package.json
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index 0000000..a22a2a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/03-networking/backend/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+    "private": true,
+    "name": "example-networking-backend",
+    "scripts": {
+        "start": "node server.js"
+    }
+}
diff --git a/03-networking/backend/server.js b/03-networking/backend/server.js
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+++ b/03-networking/backend/server.js
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+const { createServer } = require('node:http');
+
+const hostname = '0.0.0.0';
+const port = 5000;
+
+const server = createServer((req, res) => {
+  res.statusCode = 200;
+  res.setHeader('Content-Type', 'text/plain');
+  res.end('This is a message from the backend!');
+});
+
+server.listen(port, hostname, () => {
+  console.log(`Server running at http://${hostname}:${port}/`);
+});
diff --git a/03-networking/docker-compose.yml b/03-networking/docker-compose.yml
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+++ b/03-networking/docker-compose.yml
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+## This is a Compose file with multiple services and networking
+
+services:
+  frontend:
+    image: node:20
+    user: node
+    volumes:
+      - ./frontend:/home/node/app
+    working_dir: /home/node/app
+    ports:
+      - 4000:3000
+    command: npm start
+
+    ## Attach the frontend service to our network
+    networks:
+      - my-network
+
+  ## Let's add another service for our backend
+  backend:
+    image: node:20
+    user: node
+    volumes:
+      - ./backend:/home/node/app
+    working_dir: /home/node/app
+    command: npm start
+
+    ## Expose the port to the frontend service
+    ## This is different from `ports`, which publishes ports to the host
+    ## Instead, `expose` makes the port available to other services in the same network - but not to the host
+    expose:
+      - 5000
+
+    ## Attach the backend service to our network
+    networks:
+      - my-network
+
+## Define the networks for our services
+networks:
+  ## Create a network called my-network
+  my-network:
+    ## Use the bridge driver
+    ## This creates a private internal network that only our services can access
+    driver: bridge
diff --git a/03-networking/frontend/package.json b/03-networking/frontend/package.json
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index 0000000..275eceb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/03-networking/frontend/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+    "private": true,
+    "name": "example-networking-frontend",
+    "scripts": {
+        "start": "node server.js"
+    }
+}
diff --git a/03-networking/frontend/server.js b/03-networking/frontend/server.js
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index 0000000..be3e483
--- /dev/null
+++ b/03-networking/frontend/server.js
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+const { createServer } = require('node:http');
+const http = require('http');
+
+const hostname = '0.0.0.0';
+const port = 3000;
+
+const server = createServer((req, res) => {
+  res.statusCode = 200;
+  res.setHeader('Content-Type', 'text/plain');
+
+  const backendUrl = 'http://backend:5000';
+
+  http.get(backendUrl, (backendRes) => {
+    let data = '';
+    backendRes.on('data', (chunk) => {
+      data += chunk;
+    });
+    backendRes.on('end', () => {
+      res.statusCode = 200;
+      res.setHeader('Content-Type', 'text/plain');
+      res.end(data);
+    });
+  }).on('error', (err) => {
+    console.error(`Error accessing backend: ${err}`);
+    res.statusCode = 500;
+    res.end('Internal Server Error');
+  });
+});
+
+server.listen(port, hostname, () => {
+  console.log(`Server running at http://${hostname}:${port}/`);
+});
diff --git a/04-volumes/Makefile b/04-volumes/Makefile
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+++ b/04-volumes/Makefile
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+# Makefile for the 'volumes' example
+
+include ../include/make/init.mk
+
+start: ## Start services
+	@printf "\n\033[1;33m%s\033[0m\n\n" "Starting services..."
+	@docker compose up -d
+
+restart: ## Restart Docker services
+	@printf "\n\033[1;33m%s\033[0m\n\n" "Restarting services..."
+	@docker compose restart
+
+stop: ## Stop services
+	@printf "\n\033[1;33m%s\033[0m\n\n" "Stopping services..."
+	@docker compose down
+
+inspect-volume: ## Inspect the backend-logs named volume
+	@printf "\n\033[1;33m%s\033[0m\n\n" "Inspecting the backend-logs named volume..."
+	@docker volume inspect 04-volumes_backend-logs
+	@printf "\n\033[1;35m%s\033[0m\n\n" "💡 You can view the contents of the volume by opening the mountpoint in your file explorer."
diff --git a/04-volumes/README.md b/04-volumes/README.md
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+++ b/04-volumes/README.md
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+# 04 Volumes
+
+## Running the application
+
+1. Run `make start` or `docker compose up -d`.
+2. Go to [http://localhost:4000](http://localhost:4000) in your web browser.
+3. See the backend's message (number of requests) printed in your browser.
+4. Run `make stop` or `docker compose down`.
+
+## Viewing the files in the named volume
+
+1. Start the services.
+2. Run `make inspect-volume` or `docker volume inspect 04-volumes_backend-logs`.
+3. Open the `mountpoint` path in your file explorer program.
diff --git a/04-volumes/backend/package.json b/04-volumes/backend/package.json
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index 0000000..1373f1f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/04-volumes/backend/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+    "private": true,
+    "name": "example-volumes-backend",
+    "scripts": {
+        "start": "node server.js"
+    }
+}
diff --git a/04-volumes/backend/server.js b/04-volumes/backend/server.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..846c8a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/04-volumes/backend/server.js
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+const { createServer } = require('node:http');
+const fs = require('fs');
+const readline = require('readline');
+
+const hostname = '0.0.0.0';
+const port = 5000;
+
+const server = createServer((req, res) => {
+  res.statusCode = 200;
+  res.setHeader('Content-Type', 'text/plain');
+
+  const logFilePath = '/home/node/app/logs/access.log';
+
+  const clientIP = req.socket.remoteAddress;
+  const timestamp = new Date().toISOString();
+
+  fs.access(logFilePath, fs.constants.F_OK, (err) => {
+    if (err) {
+      if (err.code === 'ENOENT') {
+        fs.writeFile(logFilePath, '', (err) => {
+          if (err) {
+            console.error('Error creating access log file:', err);
+          }
+        });
+      } else {
+        console.error('Error checking access log file:', err);
+      }
+    }
+  });
+
+  fs.appendFile(logFilePath, `[${timestamp}] Connection from ${clientIP}\n`, (err) => {
+    if (err) {
+      console.error('Error writing to access log:', err);
+    }
+  });
+
+  const lineReader = readline.createInterface({
+    input: fs.createReadStream(logFilePath),
+  });
+
+  let lineCount = 0;
+
+  lineReader.on('line', () => {
+    lineCount++;
+  });
+
+  lineReader.on('close', () => {
+    res.end('The backend server has received ' + lineCount + ' requests.');
+  });
+});
+
+server.listen(port, hostname, () => {
+  console.log(`Server running at http://${hostname}:${port}/`);
+});
diff --git a/04-volumes/docker-compose.yml b/04-volumes/docker-compose.yml
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index 0000000..7d7db6b
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+++ b/04-volumes/docker-compose.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+## This is a Compose file with a named volume
+
+services:
+  frontend:
+    image: node:20
+    user: node
+    volumes:
+      - ./frontend:/home/node/app
+    working_dir: /home/node/app
+    ports:
+      - 4000:3000
+    command: npm start
+    networks:
+      - my-network
+
+  backend:
+    image: node:20
+    user: node
+    volumes:
+      ## Note that we're mounting the backend folder to /home/node/app/src
+      ## This is so we can separate the source code from the logs
+      - ./backend:/home/node/app/src
+
+      ## Add a named volume for the backend logs
+      ## This will store the logs in a volume that can be shared between containers
+      - backend-logs:/home/node/app/logs
+
+    working_dir: /home/node/app/src
+    command: npm start
+    expose:
+      - 5000
+    networks:
+      - my-network
+
+networks:
+  my-network:
+    driver: bridge
+
+## Define our volumes
+volumes:
+  ## Create a named volume called backend-logs
+  backend-logs:
+    ## Use the local driver
+    ## This stores the volume on the host machine in a folder managed by Docker
+    driver: local
diff --git a/04-volumes/frontend/package.json b/04-volumes/frontend/package.json
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index 0000000..1443231
--- /dev/null
+++ b/04-volumes/frontend/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+    "private": true,
+    "name": "example-volumes-frontend",
+    "scripts": {
+        "start": "node server.js"
+    }
+}
diff --git a/04-volumes/frontend/server.js b/04-volumes/frontend/server.js
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index 0000000..be3e483
--- /dev/null
+++ b/04-volumes/frontend/server.js
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+const { createServer } = require('node:http');
+const http = require('http');
+
+const hostname = '0.0.0.0';
+const port = 3000;
+
+const server = createServer((req, res) => {
+  res.statusCode = 200;
+  res.setHeader('Content-Type', 'text/plain');
+
+  const backendUrl = 'http://backend:5000';
+
+  http.get(backendUrl, (backendRes) => {
+    let data = '';
+    backendRes.on('data', (chunk) => {
+      data += chunk;
+    });
+    backendRes.on('end', () => {
+      res.statusCode = 200;
+      res.setHeader('Content-Type', 'text/plain');
+      res.end(data);
+    });
+  }).on('error', (err) => {
+    console.error(`Error accessing backend: ${err}`);
+    res.statusCode = 500;
+    res.end('Internal Server Error');
+  });
+});
+
+server.listen(port, hostname, () => {
+  console.log(`Server running at http://${hostname}:${port}/`);
+});
diff --git a/include/make/init.mk b/include/make/init.mk
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index 0000000..4ddb8c3
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+++ b/include/make/init.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# Sets up your Makefile with some quality-of-life configurations.
+
+# Change the shell that Make uses to bash.
+SHELL := bash
+
+# Force Make to run each recipe in one single shell session instead of a new
+# session per command.
+.ONESHELL:
+
+# Set bash unofficial "strict mode".
+.SHELLFLAGS := -eu -o pipefail -c
+
+# Have Make warn us if we try to use undefined variables.
+MAKEFLAGS += --warn-undefined-variables
+
+# Stop Make applying loads of built-in magic rubbish. We don't need it!
+MAKEFLAGS += --no-builtin-rules
+
+# Silence recursive Make directory notices.
+MAKEFLAGS += --no-print-directory