Creating an executable program for dummies

3 points by Undertow_ 9 years ago | 2 comments

Hi all, forgive me for this question may sound monumentally stupid to some of you.

Over the ~18 months that I've been learning and practicing writing code, I've continuously run into an issue regarding the seeming lack of information on actually creating a program. It seems like there are plenty of resources on how to write code, but I've never seen anything that shows me how to get the code I've made and create an application which can be clicked on and executed. Where do I learn said thing?

arkitaip 9 years ago |

You mean an executable that you run on your local PC? There are MANY ways to do that on Windows. Start here by reading about the various approaches that Microsoft recommends:

https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/desktop/getsta...

For a more hands-on approach, see this practical example where you use Microsoft Visual Studio (it's the IDE for Windows development):

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj153219.aspx

Visual Studio is pretty much mandatory if you're serious about developing for Windows. Download the free version, Visual Studio Community, here:

https://www.visualstudio.com/vs/community/

For LOTS of references, sample codes and much much more, see the amazing MSDN, e.g.

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us

https://code.msdn.microsoft.com/site/search?f%5B0%5D.Type=Pl...

https://code.msdn.microsoft.com/How-to-run-Hello-World-bd5d7...

https://code.msdn.microsoft.com/Creating-CRUD-application-1b...

Undertow_ 9 years ago | |

I'm working with java to be specific. Do I need to use this in joint with a visual basic runner? Or should I just write an executable java runner that will work with my given code?