Tooling and Project Concepts

Build Configuration

Compare Debug and Release style build settings.

tooling Build configurations let the same project use different settings for everyday debugging and final release output.

Build Configuration

configuration
BuildConfiguration.cs
Replay: real traced execution (multi-file project)
using System;

class Program
{
    static void Main()
    {
        string configuration = "Debug";
        bool optimize = configuration == "Release";
        bool includeSymbols = configuration != "Release";

        Console.WriteLine($"configuration={configuration}");
        Console.WriteLine($"optimize={optimize}");
        Console.WriteLine($"includeSymbols={includeSymbols}");
    }
}

using System;

class Program
{
    static void Main()
    {
        string configuration = "Release";
        bool optimize = configuration == "Release";
        bool includeSymbols = configuration != "Release";

        Console.WriteLine($"configuration={configuration}");
        Console.WriteLine($"optimize={optimize}");
        Console.WriteLine($"includeSymbols={includeSymbols}");
    }
}

using System;

class Program
{
    static void Main()
    {
        string configuration = "Staging";
        bool optimize = configuration == "Release";
        bool includeSymbols = configuration != "Release";

        Console.WriteLine($"configuration={configuration}");
        Console.WriteLine($"optimize={optimize}");
        Console.WriteLine($"includeSymbols={includeSymbols}");
    }
}

  1. configuration ← Debug, optimize ← False, includeSymbols ← True

    4{5    static void Main()6    {7        string configuration→ Debug = "Debug"; //@configuration="Release", "Staging"8        bool optimize→ False = configurationDebug == "Release";9        bool includeSymbols→ True = configurationDebug != "Release";1011        Console.WriteLine($"configuration={configurationDebug}");12        Console.WriteLine($"optimize={optimizeFalse}");13        Console.WriteLine($"includeSymbols={includeSymbolsTrue}");14    }
    outputconfiguration=Debug
optimize=False
includeSymbols=True

  1. configuration ← Release, optimize ← True, includeSymbols ← False

    4{5    static void Main()6    {7        string configuration→ Release = "Release";8        bool optimize→ True = configurationRelease == "Release";9        bool includeSymbols→ False = configurationRelease != "Release";1011        Console.WriteLine($"configuration={configurationRelease}");12        Console.WriteLine($"optimize={optimizeTrue}");13        Console.WriteLine($"includeSymbols={includeSymbolsFalse}");14    }
    outputconfiguration=Release
optimize=True
includeSymbols=False

  1. configuration ← Staging, optimize ← False, includeSymbols ← True

    4{5    static void Main()6    {7        string configuration→ Staging = "Staging";8        bool optimize→ False = configurationStaging == "Release";9        bool includeSymbols→ True = configurationStaging != "Release";1011        Console.WriteLine($"configuration={configurationStaging}");12        Console.WriteLine($"optimize={optimizeFalse}");13        Console.WriteLine($"includeSymbols={includeSymbolsTrue}");14    }
    outputconfiguration=Staging
optimize=False
includeSymbols=True