Difference between build and rebuild in asp .net?

Question

Hi There is build and rebuild in asp .net. I like to know which one is better and what is the need of both.

Abhay Shanker · Answer

A build compiles only the files and projects that have changed. This is generally pretty fast. A rebuild rebuilds all projects and files in the solution irrelevant of whether they have changed or not. You normally do a rebuild when many files have changed (especially outside the IDE) and you want to ensure that all the changes are rebuilt. A rebuild can take a while for large projects so normally is only used periodically in the IDE. However for automated builds a rebuild is normally the only type of build done since you always want all the source rebuilt.

Jignesh Trivedi · Answer

Build project / solution will perform incremental build. It means it compile and link only those files that have changed since last build. Rebuild project / solution will perform compile and link all source code files regardless of any change find in file or not. Also refer http://petesbloggerama.blogspot.in/2007/12/visual-studio-difference-between-build.html hope this will help you.