The Process of Writing a C++ Program

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Step 1: Write the source codes (.cpp) and header files (.h).
Step 2: Pre-process the source codes according to the preprocessor directives. Preprocessor directives begin with a hash sign (#), e.g., #include and #define. They indicate that certain manipulations (such as including another file or replacement of symbols) are to be performed BEFORE compilation.
Step 3: Compile the pre-processed source codes into object codes (.obj, .o).
Step 4: Link the compiled object codes with other object codes and the library object codes (.lib, .a) to produce the executable code (.exe).
Step 5: Load the executable code into computer memory.
Step 6: Run the executable code, with the input to produce the desried output.

From within the Visual C++ development environment, there are two ways customize the build process:

Custom Build Steps
Build Events

Build events and custom build steps run in the following order along with other build steps:

1. Pre-Build event
   
2. Custom build steps on individual files
   
3. Proxy generator
   
4. MIDL
   
5. Resource compiler
   
6. The C/C++ compiler
   
7. Pre-Link event
   
8. Linker or Librarian (as appropriate)
   
9. BSCMake
   
10. Custom build step on the project
    
11. Web deployment tool. The web deployment tool runs as part of a build only if the linker or librarian tools also run. However, you can run the web deployment tool via the Build menu.
    
12. Post-Build event

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