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Visual Studio C++

Introduction VS is an integrated development environment (IDE) Includes: Powerful Text Editor Source-level and machine-level debugger Many more

Source Files, Headers, and Translation Units A program written in C++ comprised of source files File extension = .c, .cc, .cxx, or .cpp Source files = translation units Special source file = header file Header files exists as distinct files from the point of view of the programmer

Libraries, Executables, Dynamic Link Libraries Object file (.obj) Relocatable – meaning that the memory addresses at which the code resides have not yet been determined Unlinked – meaning that any external resources references to functions and global data that are defined outside the translation unit have not yet been resolved Linker job’s To calculate the final relative addresses of all the machine code To ensure that all external references to functions and global data