Introduction

An application is a software program that runs, or executes, on a computer. An application typically has a user interface that allows you, as a user, to interact with it. There are many types of applications in existence such as word processors and e-mail programs. You can buy applications at a store, download them from the Internet, or you can build them yourself (although it is often simpler to buy one rather than build one).

A project is a term used to defined the set of files that are the ingredients of an application. An application can be made up of many types of files. The most common type of file used in an application is called the source file. A source file contains the steps that are performed when the application runs. ...

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