Build vcs Compile

Question

A simple newbie question:
In an IDE such as Sun ONE Stuido, what is the difference between Build and Compile?
Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

I don't know Sun ONE Studio but in usually "compile"
will compile just a single file and "build" will
compile all files in a project. Most IDEs will perform
a dependency check for "build" so that it only
re-compiles files that are needed to keep the code
consistent. Usually there is also a third option
called "re-build" that will skip this dependency check
and simply re-compile all files in a project.First off, thanks for your reply.
What you describe had been my experience with some other IDEs I've used. However in Sun ONE Studio (which use to be Forte for Java) there are actually four options: build, build all, compile, and compile all. The "all" options do as you describe of building or compiling all the files that are part of the project. Compile or build performs the dependency check and will compile the active file AND any dependent classes that have changed since last compile. (I'm pretty sure I saw an option to turn that off so it will only compile the active file.) But despite my searching of the help files and Sun's site, I can not figure out what the difference between compile and build are.