From the course: Visual Basic Essential Training

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Compile the project code

Compile the project code

- [Instructor] Before running or debugging a Visual Basic application the code needs to be compiled. That is accomplished by using the build command in the Build menu. First, let me save the file changes. We'll click here to save all the files. There are two choices in this Build menu. I can build a solution or I can build the simple console. The first choice will build all the projects in the Visual Studio solution. The second choice builds the currently selected project. Since we only have one project in this solution there is no difference which menu item we choose for this demonstration. The term build and compile are used interchangeably by most Visual Basic programmers. There are differences, though. Compiling is one important step in the build process. So I'll go ahead and choose this item here Build Simple Console. The status of the build process is shown in the lower left there's a message down there that says build succeeded. You can also see that information or more…

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