How to make a source code into a functional program that a user can open and use without coming across the source code and building or running it. Thank You.
How to make a source code into a functional program that a user can open and use without coming across the source code and building or running it. Thank You.
If you create your project with an IDE, you usually get the option of "debug" and "release" builds.
The debug build is used by you when developing, testing and debugging the code.
The release build typically turns on compiler optimisations, and removes any debug only code (so the exe is typically smaller and quicker).
For simple projects, everything you need to redistribute is in the .exe file, so this is all you need to give to users.
Note that recompiling for release sometimes flushes out a few extra bugs, so you must always test your release .exe before handing it over to someone else.
Later on, you might want to investigate ways of signing your programs.
certificate - Signing a Windows exe file - Stack Overflow
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